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NGC5930
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:26:8.0
Declination: +41:40:33
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS, R, nf of D neb
Sub-type: SBb/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5930
18" (5/3/08): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.3'x0.6'. Contains a small, bright round core. Interacting pair (Arp 90) with NGC 5929 attached on the southwest side of the core.
13.1" (4/29/84): fairly faint, slightly elongated, small bright nucleus. NGC 5929 is attached at the SW end with just 34" separation between centers.
8" (6/19/82): faint, small, diffuse, elongated SW-NE.