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NGC5979
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:47:41.1
Declination: -61:13:2
Constellation: TRA
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: !, planetary, pF, vS, R, r? am 150 st
Sub-type: PN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5979
18" (7/7/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 171x and UHC filter, NGC 5979 appeared moderately bright, small, round. The disc was ~15" diameter and fairly evenly lit. It appeared larger than the catalogued size of 8". At 228x (unfiltered), the surface brightness was slightly irregular with possibly a very faint halo or the halo dims at the periphery. Set in a rich star field with a mag 10 star 2.7' S. A distinctive trail of mag 12-13 stars meanders off to the east. Located in the northwest corner of Triangulum Australe, about a degree from the Norma border.