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NGC5971

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:35:36.9
Declination: +56:27:43
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, lbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5971

24" (7/8/13): at 375x appeared fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, ~40"x16", contains a brighter core. NGC 5969 lies 6.4' WSW.  Last in the KTG 63 triplet with NGC 5963 19' WNW and NGC 5965 19' NW.

17.5" (5/22/93): faint, small, slightly elongated 4:3 NW-SE.  A mag 15.5 star is 30" S.  Last of four in the NGC 5965 group with NGC 5969 6' WSW.