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NGC5956

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:34:58.5
Declination: +11:45:1
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, * 16 close f
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5956

17.5" (6/4/94): moderately bright, round, 1.2' diameter, sharp concentration with a small prominent core.  Located in a small group of four stars.  Bracketed by a mag 15 star 1' NW and a mag 14 star 36" ENE of center and 2' S are a pair of mag 12 and 13.5 stars oriented N-S that are almost collinear with the galaxy.  NGC 5956 lies 19' NNE.