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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

===== 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.