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NGC5706
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:38:42.4
Declination: +30:27:57
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, vlbM
Sub-type: E3
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5706 = NGC 5699, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5706
24" (6/29/16): at 375x; faint to fairly faint, small, round, 15" diameter, moderately high surface brightness, visible continuously. Located 2.2' NW of NGC 5709.
18" (7/2/11): extremely faint to very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. Fainter of a pair with NGC 5709 2.2' SE. UGC 9425 lies 11' W.
17.5" (6/21/93): very faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, 15" diameter. Can just hold continuously with averted. Forms a pair with NGC 5709 2.1' SE.