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NGC5883

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:15:10.1
Declination: -14:36:59
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

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 5883

17.5" (5/30/92): faint, small, round, very small bright core.  This is the brighter of a pair with NGC 5880 3.5' NW.  Mag 8.4 SAO 159132 is 10' SE near the edge of the 220x field.