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NGC5779

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:52:9.4
Declination: +55:54:0
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, lE, lbM
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5779

17.5" (6/27/98): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  A mag 15 star is 40" WSW of center and a mag 15.5 star (not on GSC) lies 44" SSE.  Can hold the galaxy continuously at 280x.  Located 10' NNW of mag 7.2 SAO 29317.