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NGC5778

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:54:31.4
Declination: +18:38:34
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, pB * close f, diffic
Sub-type: E3

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5778 may also be NGC 5825, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5778

17.5" (6/3/00): faint, small, elongated 4:3 SSW-NNE, slightly brighter core, very diffuse halo.  View hampered by a mag 11.5 star close following [ 50" from center].  MCG +03-38-052 is located 6' SE.  This galaxy is the brightest in the rich cluster AGC 1991.