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NGC5796
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:59:24.0
Declination: -16:37:25
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: F, pS * in centre
Sub-type: E3
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5796
18" (6/21/09): fairly bright, moderately large, round, 1.2'x1.0', very bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 5793 4.2' S.
17.5" (6/30/00): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 E-W, ~2.5'x1.5' (difficult to judge extent of halo). Contains a striking 30" core that increases to a bright stellar nucleus. Forms a nice pair with NGC 5793 5' S. NGC 5815 lies 20' SE and NGC 5817 is 27' N.
13" (6/18/85): moderately bright, round, fairly small, small bright core, stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 5793 4.7' S.