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NGC5763

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:48:58.7
Declination: +12:29:26
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eeF, pS, v diffic, f of 2
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5763 17.5" (6/3/00): very faint, extremely small, round, 15" diameter, low even surface brightness. Fainter of a pair with NGC 5762 4.4' WSW. Forms the eastern vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 15 stars 1.5' SW and NW.