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NGC5615
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:24:6.4
Declination: +34:51:55
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1851
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: close n of h 1804 (? vF *)
Sub-type: S?
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5615. See NGC 5609.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5615
48" (4/15/10): at 330x logged as a faint "star" at the northwest edge of the halo of NGC 5615, although at 430x it was noticed to be a nonstellar knot, ~4" diameter. Extending from this knot to the northwest of the halo of the galaxy is a very low surface brightness extension. This tidal plume was classified by Arp (178) as a "narrow counter-tail".
24" (7/8/13): at 322x appeared as a very faint, very small knot at the NW edge of NGC 5614.
18" (5/16/09): at 280x, appeared as an extremely faint, virtually stellar object at the northern edge of the halo of NGC 5614, 25" from the center. Required averted vision and only occasionally popped into view for moments.
17.5" (7/18/01): at 380x, occasionally an extremely faint stellar object was barely glimpsed ~25" N of the core of NGC 5614 within the outer halo. Only detected ~15% of the time, but sighting confirmed.
17.5" (5/27/95 and 7/17/01): not seen.