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NGC5899
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:15:3.3
Declination: +42:2:59
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pL, pmE, smbMN
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5899
17.5" (7/12/99): moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, ~2.5'x0.8'. Gradually increases to a bright, elongated core. Embedded in the core is a brighter quasi-stellar nucleus. Follows a string of three stars including a mag 10.5 star 3.3' NW and two mag 12/14 stars. Just off the edge of the field is mag 6 SAO 45445 situated 12' NW. Brightest in a group with NGC 5893 and NGC 5895/96.
17.5" (5/2/92): brightest in a group with NGC 5900 10' N, NGC 5893 17' WSW and NGC 5895/NGC 5896 12' WSW. Fairly bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 3.0'x1.0', small bright core. A knot or faint star is embedded in the southern extension. Forms the east vertex of a triangle with a mag 10 star 3.4' NW and a mag 11.5 star 3.8' W. Located 12' SE of mag 6.1 SAO 45445 at the edge of the 220x field.