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NGC5870

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:6:33.7
Declination: +55:28:45
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, lE, v diffic, * f
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5870 is almost certainly also equal to NGC 5826, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5870

17.5" (6/14/96): extremely faint, very small, roundish, 30" diameter. A mag 12 star follows by 1' and a similar star is 2.3' NNE.  Located 18' S of NGC 5866.