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NGC5997

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:47:27.6
Declination: +8:19:18
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, eeS, stell
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5997 17.5" (5/13/88): extremely faint and small, round. A shallow arc of three stars mag 13-14 of length 1.6' lies 4' SSW.