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NGC5947

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:30:36.6
Declination: +42:43:3
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, dif
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5947

17.5" (6/21/93): extremely faint, fairly small, round, very low even surface brightness.  Last of five in a group with NGC 5943 10' WNW. [Also see observations of MCG +07-32-015 and UGC 9873].