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NGC5886

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:12:45.4
Declination: +41:14:2
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5886.  See NGC 5889.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5886

17.5" (7/15/93): first of three in the NGC 5888 group.  Faint, very small, round, stellar nucleus, 0.4' diameter.  A mag 15.5 star is at the north tip 14" from the center.  Situated almost midway between a mag 12 star 1.9' WNW and a 13th mag star 1.3' SE.  Located 2.9' WNW of mag 8.7 SAO 45437.  Forms a pair with NGC 5888 4.6' NE.