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NGC5988

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:44:33.8
Declination: +10:17:35
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, F * nr n
Sub-type: Scd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5988

17.5" (5/27/00): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter (viewed core only).  Situated just 0.8' S of a mag 12.5 star and 4' SE of a mag 10.5 star.