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NGC5849

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:6:50.6
Declination: -14:34:16
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: * 13 in vF neb, 3 st p 1s, * 8 f 10s, 15' s
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5849

17.5" (5/30/92): very faint, small, round, low surface brightness.  Several fairly bright stars are nearby including mag 8.5 HD 133861 5' SE, mag 8.2 HD 133912 (the galaxy is collinear with these stars) and mag 8.0 HD 134013 16' ESE.