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NGC5920

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:21:51.8
Declination: +7:42:32
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, lE, sf of 2
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5920.  See NGC 5919.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5920

17.5" (7/9/94): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, very low surface brightness with a very slight concentration.  Located between a mag 14 star off NW edge 1.1' from center and a mag 15 star just off the SE edge.  Two mag 10/11 stars lie 4.5' SSW and 3.3' SSW, respectively.  This galaxy is the brightest in cluster AGC 2063 with NGC 5919 3' W.