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NGC5898
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:18:13.6
Declination: -24:5:51
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 11.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: E0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5898
18" (6/22/09): moderately bright, moderately large, irregularly round, 1.1'x1.0', sharply concentrated with a small, very bright core. First in a trio with NGC 5903 5.5' ENE and ESO 514-003 5.3' ESE.
18" (6/17/04): moderately bright, moderately large, 1.2'x1.0', sharply concentrated with an intense 20" core. Forms a similar close pair with NGC 5903 5.5' ENE.
13.1" (7/5/83): moderately bright, small, round, gradually increases to a small bright nucleus. Forms a close pair with similar NGC 5903 5.5' ENE.
8" (7/5/83): faint, small, round.