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NGC5772

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:51:38.9
Declination: +40:35:58
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, lE, pslbM, * 8 np
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5772

17.5" (6/21/93): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.6'x0.8', small bright core, sharp stellar nucleus.  Located 7' SSE of mag 8.9 SAO 45240.