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NGC5698
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:37:14.6
Declination: +38:27:16
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, cS, lE, in Δ of st
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5698
17.5" (6/21/93): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, diffuse halo fades into background, broadly concentrated halo but fairly low surface brightness, no nucleus. Several bright stars near including a mag 10 star 2.7' SSW, a mag 11 star 3.8' ENE and a mag 11.5 star 3.9' NE of center.