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NGC5872

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:10:55.6
Declination: -11:28:46
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Winlock
Year of discovery: 1867
Discovery aperture: 15.0

Observational

Summary description: No description
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5872

13.1" (6/11/83): faint, very small, possibly slightly elongated.  A mag 14 star is superimposed 29" E of center.  Located 6' W of mag 7.9 SAO 159077.  The NGC 5858/NGC 5861 pair is roughly 30' NW.