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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

===== 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.