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NGC5653

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:30:10.3
Declination: +31:12:55
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pF, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 5653 = IC 1026, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5653 13.1" (6/4/83): fairly bright, small, broad concentration to core but no sharp nucleus, slightly elongated E-W.