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NGC5587

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:22:10.8
Declination: +13:55:3
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, cS, vlE, * 8 sf
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 5587 may also be NGC 5586, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5587 17.5" (5/15/99): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x0.5'. Extended in the direction of mag 8.5 SAO 100994 5' S. NGC 5591 lies 13' SSE.