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NGC5957

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:35:23.1
Declination: +12:2:52
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, com, lbM
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5957

17.5" (6/4/94): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 4:3 E-W, 2.0'x1.5', weak even concentration to a 15" diameter brighter core.  A mag 15 star is at the SE edge 0.9' from center.  Located 2.5' SSE of a mag 10.5 star.  NGC 5956 is located 19' SSW.