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NGC5919
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:21:36.8
Declination: +7:43:11
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 15.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, pS, lE, np of 2
Sub-type: E0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5919. Swift found two objects in this area. One, NGC 5920, can be
clearly identified as the brightest galaxy in a poor cluster (MKW 3s). N5919,
however, could be any of four or five other objects in the core of the cluster
north preceding N5920. It is probably the brightest of these, CGCG 049-142e,
but neither is Swift's position good enough, nor his description detailed
enough, to be completely sure. Nevertheless, I have taken this object as
N5919.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5919
17.5" (7/9/94): extremely faint, small, round, 0.3' diameter, very low even surface brightness. Requires averted vision to glimpse although appears to "grow" in size close to 1.0' diameter. On continued observation, the galaxy resolves into a second and possibly a third member very close that pops into view momentarily. It was very difficult, though, to view these simultaneously. One of these glows might be CGCG 049-144, which is 1.2' ENE of NGC 5919. Forms a group (MKW 3s) along with brighter NGC 5920 4' ESE. The POSS reveals six faint galaxies within 2' of this galaxy! Member of AGC 2063.