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NGC 5347
NGC 5347, LEDA 49342, MCG+06-31-007, UGC 8805, II 424, h 1695, GC 3687
Type: galaxy (Seyfert 2), SBab
Mag: B=13.3, V=?
Size: 1.621′ x 1.23′
PA: 130°
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms: H II-424
Discovered in 1785 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "F, pL, lbM."
Published comments
Burnham's Celestial Handbook
Burnham calls it a 13.2 mag barred spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, measuring 1.1' x 0.9' , which he describes as "pretty faint, considerably large, round and a little brighter in the middle."
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 13.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads SB,BALMSTELNUC, ARMS FORM OVAL RG.
Modern observations
Steve Coe
Steve Coe, using a 13" f/5.6, notes: "Pretty faint, pretty small, elongated 1.5 X 1 in PA 135 at 150X. Much brighter middle with a stellar nucleus at 220X. This galaxy is very mottled at all powers."
Brian Skiff
POSS: pa100.
UGC: pa130:.
15cm - nope.
25cm - vf, sm. somewhat brtr to center.
30cm - f, losfcbr, poorly concen. elong? in pa100, 1'x0'.6. f occas *ar nuc.
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