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NGC5641

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:29:16.6
Declination: +28:49:18
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, lE, mbM, r ?
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5641

17.5" (6/20/98): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 2.0'x0.8'.  Fairly well-defined 30" oval core.  A mag 13 star is 2.8' preceding. IC 4442 is 11' NW at the edge of the 220x field.

13" (6/4/83): fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, broadly concentrated.  Located 33' NNE of ·1850 = 7.0/7.4 at 26".  NGC 5657 is 29' NE.