NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC5688
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:39:35.1
Declination: -45:1:7
Constellation: LUP
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, vgbM, am st
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5688
22" (6/28/06 - Hawaii): fairly faint, fairly large, slightly elongated ~E-W, ~2'x1.5'. Contains a moderately bright 45" core surrounded by a very low surface brightness halo. Striking setting as the galaxy is surrounded by a number of stars around the periphery from the north around the west side and back along the south side. A linear string of 4 stars oriented SW to NE is off the NE flank of the galaxy. The overall star field is rich in faint stars.