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NGC5890

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:17:51.1
Declination: -17:35:19
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, E 235°
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5890

17.5" (6/29/00): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 ~E-W, weak concentration to a brighter core which appears offset from the geometric center.  A mag 14.5 star is just off the NE edge [43" from center].