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NGC5952
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:34:56.3
Declination: +4:57:34
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 14.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, alm stell
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5952 is not IC 1126 (which is a star; see its note for more). Bigourdan
observed both objects the same night (12 April 1886) and measured both with
respect to the same star. Though his position (from a single measurement) for
NGC 5952 is about 20 arcsec south of the galaxy, the object is so faint that
I'm surprised he saw it. After all, Marth, using a 48-inch reflector when he
found the galaxy, described it as "eF, vS, alm stell." Bigourdan, trying to
dig it out with a 12-inch was doing well to even detect it, let alone measure
it.
It is vaguely possible that this galaxy is also IC 4552 (which see), but that
is very unlikely.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5952
17.5" (7/3/97): extremely faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, low even surface brightness. Requires averted but observation definite. NGC 5955 lies 7' NE. An uncertain sighting was made on 7/7/94 from Fiddletown.