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NGC5715
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:43:39.0
Declination: -57:34:13
Constellation: CIR
Visual Magnitude: 9.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, L, p Ri, CM, st 11…13
Sub-type: II2m
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5715
14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): this cluster appears to possibly extend 7' to 8' in diameter but the eye-catching portion is a small, distinctive group of similar mag stars on the west side, forming an striking oval ring or loop. Within this 2.5' curving chain are roughly two dozen, mostly mag 12.5-13.5 stars and the interior of the loop is nearly devoid of stars. A mag 10.7 star is a couple of arcmin east. Roughly 50 additional stars are in the surrounding portion of cluster, for a total of ~75. A mag 9.3 is 5' S.