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NGC5581

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:21:16.2
Declination: +23:28:48
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF * in vF, vS, R neby
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5581

17.5" (7/22/01): faint, small, slightly elongated ~N-S, 0.7'x0.5', very weak concentration, very small brighter core.  A mag 14 star is close SSE [40" from center].  Located 5' NNE of a mag 10 star.