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NGC5634

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:29:37.3
Declination: -5:58:33
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 9.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: globular, vB, cL, R, gbM, rrr, st 19, * 8 sf
Sub-type: IV

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 5634. See NGC 5897.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5634 17.5" (4/13/96): fairly bright, moderately large, irregularly round, 3.5' diameter. Contains a large bright core of 2' diameter that appears mottled with stellarings or knots. The brightest knot is on the northwest side of the core. Set in a striking field between mag 8.5 SAO 139967 1.4' ESE and a mag 11 star 1.9' W with a mag 10 star 3.7' SW of center. 17.5" (6/8/91): bright, round, 3.5' diameter. Situated in a pretty field among three bright stars. The small halo smoothly increases to a broadly concentrated core which is very mottled but not resolved. A few very faint stars are resolved off the edges of the halo at 412x and a star or knot is visible at the west edge of the core. 8": moderately bright, moderately large. A mag 10 star is on the east edge and a mag 12 star on the west edge. This globular is possibly a former member of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy and appears to be situated in the trailing tidal stream.