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NGC5649

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:30:32.5
Declination: +14:1:24
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, np of 2
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5649 = NGC 5648, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5649

17.5" (6/24/95): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 1.2'x0.8', ill-defined halo with weak concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 5655 5.5' SE.