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NGC5857

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:7:27.3
Declination: +19:35:54
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cF, cS, E, p of D neb
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5857 17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, bright core. Forms a striking close duo with NGC 5859 2.1' ESE with identical position angles.