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NGC5599

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:23:50.6
Declination: +6:34:32
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, S, lE
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5599 17.5" (6/1/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 1.2'x0.5', fairly even surface brightness. Located 10' NNE of a 1' pair of mag 8.5 (SAO 120428) and 10 stars. The compact group Shkh 358 is close NE.