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NGC5876

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:9:31.4
Declination: +54:30:23
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, mbM
Sub-type: SBab

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 5876 = IC 1111, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5876 17.5" (5/23/87): fairly faint, very small, round, brighter core.