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NGC5691
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:37:53.4
Declination: -0:23:53
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, lE, gbM
Sub-type: SBa/P
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5691 is also NGC 5632; see that for the story.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5691
17.5" (6/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, 1.2'x0.8', elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, weak concentration. Sharper light cut-off on the south side.
8" (6/29/84): faint, very small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, very small brighter core.