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NGC5900

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:15:5.2
Declination: +42:12:34
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, vlE, gbm
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5900.  See NGC 5901.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5900

17.5" (5/2/92): very faint, small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, weak concentration.  Located 9.7' N of NGC 5899 and 10.3' ENE of mag 6.1 SAO 45445.