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NGC5990

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:46:16.4
Declination: +2:24:56
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5990

17.5" (6/11/88): moderately bright, fairly small, round, broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus, diffuse halo.  A faint double is 3.5' ENE consisting of two mag 14.5 stars at 21" separation.