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NGC5661
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:31:57.3
Declination: +6:15:2
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, iE
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5661
17.5" (6/8/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, weak concentration. NGC 5652 lies 21' SW.