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NGC5568

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:19:21.4
Declination: +35:5:32
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, v dif
Sub-type: Sc

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 5568. See NGC 5579.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5568 17.5" (5/10/86): faint, small bright core. Larger of a pair with NGC 5567 3' NNW.