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NGC5831

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:4:6.8
Declination: +1:13:12
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, mbM
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5831

17.5" (4/4/92): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 NW-SE, very bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.5' NNE of center.  Member of the NGC 5846 group.