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NGC5728

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:42:24.0
Declination: -17:15:8
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, pmE 45° ±, mbM, * 10 s
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5728

13.1" (6/18/85): moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE.  Contains a bright core and possible stellar nucleus.  A faint mag 14.5 star is at the southern tip 1.2' from center.  An extremely faint 15th magnitude star is suspected just north of the core 0.4' from center.  NGC 5716 lies 23' SW.