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NGC5911
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:20:18.1
Declination: +3:31:8
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, 2 S st inv
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5911
24" (5/11/13): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 30"x24", small brighter core. Brightest in the KTG 60 trio with CGCG 49-134 1.6' NE and CGCG 49-135 6' SSE. A mag 12 star and three mag 14 stars in a group is ~3' E.
17.5" (7/8/94): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, moderate even concentration to a small bright core, occasional stellar nucleus. Four stars in an elongated kite asterism follow by about 3'. Forms a close pair with an extremely faint companion CGCG 049-134 1.5' NE.