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NGC5843

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:7:27.8
Declination: -36:19:42
Constellation: LUP
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, lE, vlbM, r
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5843

17.5": moderately bright and large, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 1.5'x1.0'.  Increases to a 30" core and a quasi-stellar nucleus w/direct vision.  A pair of mag 11.5/13 stars to the south are nearly collinear [2.1' and 1.3'].  Located 6' ESE of mag 9 SAO 206303 and 15' ESSE of mag 6.3 SAO 206292.