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NGC5800
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:1:47.8
Declination: -51:55:6
Constellation: LUP
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pL, pRi, lC
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5800
14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x and 184x): this small bright asterism contains four bright stars, three in a N-S string. The brightest is mag 7.4 HD 132606 = HJ 4723 (7.6/10.0 at 5"). Referring to this star, 2nd is mag 8.9 HD 132552 2.5' W, 3rd brightest is a mag 9.1 star 2' SSW, and 4th is a mag 9.6 star 0.8' SW. A total of 8 stars are within a square region 2' on each side.