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NGC5913

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:20:55.5
Declination: -2:34:42
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, vlE, r
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5913

17.5" (7/9/94): faint, moderately large, low irregular surface brightness.  Poorly defined edge makes shape difficult to clearly determine but appears elongated 4:3 roughly N-S.  Halo increases with averted to 1.4'x1.1'.  A mag 14 star is 1.7' E of center.  Located 10' SSE of mag 6.4 SAO 140473.