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NGC5705

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:39:49.8
Declination: -0:43:6
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, L, lE, eF dif neby around
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5705

17.5" (6/8/91): extremely faint, fairly large, extremely low surface brightness, weak concentration.  Appears as an ill-defined haze elongated WSW-ENE with no definite edge.  NGC 5713 lies 27' NNW.