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NGC5888

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:13:7.4
Declination: +41:15:52
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, vS, R, bM, r
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5888.  See NGC 5889.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5888

17.5" (7/15/93): second and brightest of three with NGC 5886 4.6' SW and NGC 5889 4.2' NNE.  Fairly faint, elongated 5:3 NNW-SSE, weak concentration.  A mag 12 star is 1.5' SE.