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NGC5908

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:16:43.1
Declination: +55:24:34
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, R
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5908

17.5" (5/23/87): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 2.5'x1', weak concentration.  A mag 11 star lies 3.4' NW of center on a line parallel with the major axis.  Forms an interesting pair with NGC 5905 12' NW. 

13" (6/4/83): fairly bright, fairly small, edge-on, brighter along major axis.  Forms a pair with NGC 5905.