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NGC5780

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:54:22.6
Declination: +28:56:24
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, * nr sp
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5780 17.5" (6/21/93): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 50"x25". A mag 11.5 star is 1.6' SSW.