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NGC5955

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:35:12.4
Declination: +5:3:48
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 14.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5955, like NGC 5952 (which see) is not at all likely to also be IC 4552
(also which see).

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5955

17.5" (7/7/94): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Appears as an unconcentrated glow collinear with a mag 9.5 star 5.2' SE and a mag 10.5 star 7' SE.  A mag 16 companion 2.5' NNE was not seen.