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NGC5863

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:10:48.3
Declination: -18:25:52
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: * 12 in eF neb, S, R
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5863

17.5" (7/9/94): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3, 0.7'x0.5', weak even concentration, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus flickers with direct vision.  Situated between a mag 13.5 star 2' E and a mag 14.5 star 2' W.