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NGC5636
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:29:39.1
Declination: +3:16:0
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, cL, R, np of 2
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5636
24" (6/27/14): fairly faint to moderately bright, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.9'x0.6', broad concentration with a slightly brighter core, but no noticeable nucleus. Forms a 2' (non-interacting) pair with the bright elliptical NGC 5638.
17.5" (6/8/91): faint, fairly small, 1.2'x0.9', slightly elongated SW-NE, very low even surface brightness. Forms a close pair with the high surface brightness galaxy NGC 5638 1.9' SSE.