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NGC5631
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:26:33.3
Declination: +56:34:59
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, S, R, psbMN
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5631
18" (4/26/08): fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated, 1.0'x0.9', sharply concentrated with a very bright, 15" core. A faint stellar nucleus was clearly visible with direct vision.
17.5" (5/27/95): bright, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter. Sharp concentration with a prominent 20" core that dominates the galaxy. The southern half of the 20' field is oddly devoid of stars (only a few mag 14-15 stars) but contains a number of mag 12-13 stars in the north half of the field.