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NGC5663

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:33:56.2
Declination: -16:34:50
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, glbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5663

17.5": faint, fairly small, round, 0.6' diameter, weak concentration.  Situated 4.5' NNE of a neat triple star (23"/29") of mag 13-13.5 stars.  Also a wide pair of mag 12 stars (with a mag 14 star near) is just 2.5' SE.  Located 14' NNW of mag 7.2 SAO 158642.