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NGC5719
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:40:56.5
Declination: -0:19:4
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, lE, bM
Sub-type: SBab/P
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5719 is also NGC 5658. See NGC 5632 for the story.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5719
48" (5/4/16): bright, large, edge-on 4:1 WNW-ESE, 3.2'x0.8', well concentrated with a large, very bright elongated core. A slightly curved, sharply defined dust lane extends along the south side of the core region and into the halo. A very faint strip of the halo is visible beyond the dust lane. Forms a disrupted pair with NGC 5713 11' WNW.
On images, the prominent dust lane is clearly warped and studies reveal a counter-rotating stellar disc accreted from a previous interaction with NGC 5713.
17.5" (4/13/91): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 4:1 WNW-ESE, elongated bright core, thin extensions. Located 2' S of a mag 10 star. Forms a pair with NGC 5713 11' WNW.