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NGC5781
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:56:41.1
Declination: -17:14:39
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, bM, * 16 sp
Sub-type: SBb
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5781. There are two infrared hotspots, of virtually identical brightness,
in the bar of this peculiar galaxy. Without a higher resolution image, I just
just can't say which is the nucleus. So, the position I've adopted is a mean
of the two hotspots. This is clearly a galaxy in want of a detailed study.
By the way, it has a faint blue outer ring as well. That has attracted some
attention; see the NED entry for more on that.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5781
17.5": faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.6'. A mag 15.5-16 star is right at the south edge (~30" from center) and another mag 15 star is 51" SW of center, on line with the major axis.