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NGC5585
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:19:47.7
Declination: +56:43:44
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 10.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, L, iR, vgmbM, r
Sub-type: SBcd
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5585
17.5" (6/23/01): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, 3.5'x2.5'. Broad, weak concentration to a 1' slightly brighter core. A mag 14 star is close south (2.1' S of center) and a mag 11.5 star is 3.4' NE of center. Located 5' NW of mag 9.5 SAO 29106. Member of the M101 group.
8" (5/21/82): fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, diffuse. Located 5' NW of mag 9 SAO 29106.