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NGC5896
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:13:50.6
Declination: +42:1:30
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 15.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, apparently connected
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5896
17.5" (6/30/00): at 280x seen as an extremely small, faint glow, ²10" diameter. Visible with averted vision ~50% of the time just 1' N of NGC 5895.
17.5" (7/12/99): this galaxy forms a double system with NGC 5895 and was only suspected for moments 1' N and 1.3' NW of the mag 14 star just west of NGC 5895). The observation was only marginal and probably viewed through thin clouds.
17.5" (5/2/92): Not seen.