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NGC5689
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:35:29.6
Declination: +48:44:30
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pL, E 87°, psmbM
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5689
17.5" (6/27/98): fairly bright, moderately large, very elongated 4:2 WSW-ENE. The tips of the extensions fade into the background but appear ~2.2'x0.5' with averted vision. Sharply concentrated with a well-defined bright core. With direct vision, a quasi-stellar or stellar nucleus is visible at times. Brightest of five in a group with NGC 5682, NGC 5683, NGC 5693 and NGC 5700.
13" (3/24/84): fairly bright, distinctive very elongated streak E-W, fairly small, small bright nucleus. Brightest in a group including NGC 5682 and NGC 5693.
8" (4/24/82): fairly faint, small, elongated E-W, bright core.