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NGC5811

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:0:27.2
Declination: +1:37:24
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iR
Sub-type: SBm

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5811

17.5" (4/4/92): very faint, small, elongated 4:3 E-W, low even surface brightness.  A mag 13 star is 1.8' SW of center.  Member of the NGC 5846 group with NGC 5814 12' E and NGC 5813 11' NE.