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NGC5992

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:44:21.5
Declination: +41:5:9
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM, sp of 2
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5992

17.5" (5/10/91): fairly faint, small, irregularly round, bright core.  A mag 15 star is 30" off the NE edge.  Forms a pair with NGC 5993 2.5' NNE.