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NGC5882
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:16:50.0
Declination: -45:38:56
Constellation: LUP
Visual Magnitude: 9.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: planetary, vS, R, quite sharp
Sub-type: PN
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5882 = IC 1108, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5882
18" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 171x and UHC filter, this small planetary appeared as a very bright (V = 9.5), very high surface brightness round disc, ~12" diameter with a bluish color. At 228x there is an impression of a thin outer shell increasing the size to ~16" diameter.
13" (3/17/86): very small round disc visible at 80x, estimate V = 10.0. Good contrast gain with an OIII filter. A prominent small disc visible at 166x with a mag 12 star 4.4' NE. Located 10.8' WNW of mag 7.4 SAO 225623. Very far south for viewing from Northern California!