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NGC5726

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:42:55.8
Declination: -18:26:39
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, gbM, * 10.5 np 3'
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5726

18" (5/29/05): fairly faint, small, contains a fairly high surface brightness 25" core with a fainter halo.  Located 7' SE of mag 9.2 HD 129378 in a fairly rich star field.  ESO 580-014 lies 14' E.  Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.