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NGC5993

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:44:27.6
Declination: +41:7:15
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: cF, vS, R, bM, nf of 2
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5993

17.5" (5/10/91): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 NW-SE, broadly concentrated halo, substellar nucleus.  Slightly brighter of a pair with NGC 5992 2.5' SSW.