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NGC5830

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:1:51.0
Declination: +47:52:33
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, B * nr f
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5830

17.5" (7/17/93): very faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.7'x0.4', weak concentration.  Located 5' SSW of mag 8.4 SAO 45341 and 24' NW of 44 Boo (close double with a very elongated and narrow orbit).