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NGC5839
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:5:27.4
Declination: +1:38:4
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5839
17.5" (5/10/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, moderate concentration down to a small bright core containing a substellar nucleus. Member of the NGC 5846 group with NGC 5845 10' E.