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NGC5630

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:27:36.5
Declination: +41:15:29
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, S, E 90° ±, gbM
Sub-type: Sd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5630

17.5" (6/23/01): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 ~E-W, 1.5'x0.4'.  Nearly even surface brightness.  Extended in the direction of a mag 12 star 3.8' W.  Located 14' N of mag 6.6 SAO 45058.