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NGC5603
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:23:1.6
Declination: +40:22:40
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, pS, R, gbM
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5603 has a companion, UGC 9216 = NGC 5603B, that was seen by R.S. Ball in
March 1867. See the story in the "notngc" files.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5603
18" (7/2/11): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, fairly high surface brightness, well concentrated to a very small, bright core. Brightest in a small group of 4 galaxies at 285x including UGC 9216 2.6' NNW, NGC 5601 4.4' SSW and NGC 5598 7' SW. The UGC appeared very faint, fairly small, very low surface brightness, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.4'x0.2'.
17.5" (5/15/99): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, even concentration to a brighter core and faint, stellar nucleus. Brightest in a group with NGC 5598 7' SW and NGC 5601 4.3' SSW. Also, a low surface brightness companion, UGC 9216, less than 3' NNW was not seen.