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NGC5878
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:13:45.7
Declination: -14:16:13
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, pmE 0°, psmbM, * inv
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5878
18" (6/13/07): in poor seeing appeared fairly bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 N-S, ~1.5'x0.5', sharply concentrated with a bright, round core that increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus. Located 9' SW of an orange mag 7 star (HD 135207). MCG -02-39-009 lies 8' SE.
13.1" (5/26/84): fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, small bright nucleus, much fainter extensions. A mag 15 star is at the SSE edge 0.9' from center. Forms a pair with MCG -02-39-009 8' SE. Located 8.8' SW of mag 7.0 SAO 159117.
8" (4/24/82): fairly faint, elongated N-S. A mag 7 star is in the field to the east.