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NGC5848

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:6:34.8
Declination: +2:0:18
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, close D * sf 7'
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5848 = NGC 5841, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5848

17.5" (7/3/97): faint, small, nearly round, 25" diameter, well-defined brighter core.  No significant elongation noted (extensions are much fainter on DSS).  An easy pair of mag 12.5/13.5 stars lie 6.5' SSE.  Located ~25 north of the NGC 5846 group.