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NGC5965
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:34:2.0
Declination: +56:41:8
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, cL, lE
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5965
24" (7/8/13): bright, large, thin edge-on ~7:1 SW-NE, 4.0'x0.6', well concentrated with a very bright core. Sharper light cut-off on the following side due to dust. 2MASX J15335352+5641268 was picked up just 1.3' W of center as a very faint, extremely small glow, ~12"x9".
17.5" (5/22/93): fairly bright, fairly large, edge-on 5:1 WSW-ENE, 2.5'x0.5, small bright core. Located 5.0' WSW of a mag 10 star. Largest and brightest of four in a group with NGC 5963 8' SSW.