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NGC5972

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:38:54.1
Declination: +17:1:34
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, irrR
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5972

17.5" (5/27/00): faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter, weak concentration.  Based on DSS image, I viewed the brighter core and missed very faint extensions N-S.  Sandwiched between a mag 12 star 1.4' NW and a mag 13 star 1.0' SE.  Also collinear is a mag 14 star 2.6' NE.