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NGC5759

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:47:14.9
Declination: +13:27:22
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: Irr

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5759

17.5" (7/17/01): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.4', low even surface brightness.  Forms a pair with difficult CGCG 76-42 3.4' S.  This is a double system with a compact companion off the NW end but was not resolved.  Located 13' S of NGC 5758 in a group.