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NGC5939
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:24:45.8
Declination: +68:43:47
Constellation: UMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, lE
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5939
17.5" (6/14/96): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 40"x25", even surface brightness.