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NGC5571

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:19:31.8
Declination: +35:9:4
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: S Cl of F st in neb
Sub-type: *4

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5571 is a group of 4 stars.  Bigourdan's second observation of it 
describes it exactly, though his first -- in the NGC -- attributes some
nebulosity to it that is not there.  RNGC incorrectly equates it to NGC 5579.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5571

17.5" (6/2/00): at 280x-500x, three very faint stars are resolved including a very close double.  It is easy to see how this close "clump" of stars (four on the POSS) could have been mistaken for a nebula.  Located with a group of faint NGC galaxies and 30' SW of a mag 5 star.