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NGC5967

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:48:16.0
Declination: -75:40:23
Constellation: APS
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, pL, R, vgbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5967 24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 200x appeared fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, ~1.7'x1.2'. Broad concentration with a large, slightly brighter core. The halo (arms) appears slightly irregular or mottled. Located 34' NE of a mag 6 star. NGC 5967A lies 8' SW in the same field. At 260x, it appeared fairly faint, moderately large but diffuse, with an ill-defined edge and weak concentration. Situated within a N-S string of stars including a mag 12.5 star at the SW edge.