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NGC5572

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:19:35.3
Declination: +36:8:27
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, bM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5572

17.5" (6/23/01): faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 40" diameter, weak concentration. Located at the midpoint of two mag 11 stars 6'  NE and 6' SW.  A third mag 10.5 lies 7' S.  Member of the NGC 5557 group (LGG 378).