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NGC5880

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:15:1.0
Declination: -14:34:42
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, bM, in field with 5883
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5880

17.5" (5/30/92): very faint, very small, round, even surface brightness.  A mag 11 star is 2.1' NNW.  Forms a pair with NGC 5883 3.5' SE.