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NGC5555

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:18:48.1
Declination: -19:8:21
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iR, gbMN
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5555

18" (5/29/05): very faint, small, elongated 4:3 WNW-ESE, 0.4'x0.3', low surface brightness.  A mag 14 star lies 2' NE.  It took some effort to identify this galaxy in the field, even with a star chart.  Located 7' SE of a mag 9 HD 125216.  A mag 10 star is a similar distance SW.