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NGC5940
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:31:18.2
Declination: +7:27:27
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, pS, R, F * p, 1st of 4
Sub-type: SBab
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5940. See NGC 5941.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5940
17.5" (7/7/94): faint, round, 45" diameter, weak concentration but no distinct core. A mag 13.5 star is 1.3' WNW of center. The HCG 76 quartet (including NGC 5941, NGC 5942, NGC 5944) lies about 12' SE at the edge of the 225x field.