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NGC5906

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:15:52.1
Declination: +56:19:50
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: A ray, vmE, par to h 1917 and close p it
Sub-type: GxyP

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5906 is nothing more than the west-southwest side of NGC 5907 just to the 
west of the dust lane.  LdR has a sketch showing that part of the galaxy 
extended parallel to the brighter eastern side.

I've chosen a knot near the center of the galaxy to represent NGC 5906.  There
is a faint star just to the southwest of the knot.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5906

24" (7/8/13): A thin dust lane on the preceding side of the core of the showpiece edge-on NGC 5907 can be traced at least 5'.  NGC 5906 is a thin, low surface brightness strip of the galaxy, parallel to the major axis, that is visible on the west side of the dust lane.

In 1850, Lord Rosse (or an assistant) sketched this part of the galaxy (with an embedded star) extending parallel to the main, brighter eastern side.