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NGC5790

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 14:57:35.9
Declination: +8:17:7
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, iF, lbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5790

17.5" (6/18/93): faint, small, round, 30" diameter, fairly low even surface brightness except for very small brighter core.  The pretty double star h2756 = 9.1/10.1 at 25" is just 3' ESE.