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NGC5793
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:59:24.7
Declination: -16:41:36
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, pS, E, bMN
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5793
18" (6/21/09): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.4'. Contains a brighter core with direct vision. An elongated group of 5 stars is off the east side, including 4 in an arc. Forms a pair with NGC 5796 4.2' N.
17.5" (6/30/00): fairly faint, moderately range, elongated nearly 3:1 NNW-SSE, ~1.5'x0.5'. Contains a small brighter core and a faint stellar nucleus with direct vision. Forms a pair with NGC 5796 5' N.
13.1" (6/18/85): faint, small, nearly edge-on streak NNW-SSE, bright core with faint extensions. Picked up while viewing NGC 5796 4' N.