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NGC5626

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:29:49.0
Declination: -29:44:58
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5626

18" (5/16/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:4, ~30"x24", broad weak concentration.  Forms the south vertex of an isosceles triangle with a mag 8.7 star 4.8' NW and mag 8 HD 127077 7' NNE.  Located 26' SE of mag 5.0 52 Hydrae.