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NGC5810

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:2:42.5
Declination: -17:52:6
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, lE 230°, bet 2 vF st
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5810

17.5" (6/29/00): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.7', broad weak concentration.  Bracketed by two mag 14/15 stars off the north and south ends [48" and 41" from center, respectively].