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NGC5903
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:18:36.5
Declination: -24:4:6
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 11.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, S, R, gpmbM
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5903
18" (6/22/09): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, 1.1'x0.8', contains a bright core that gradually increases to the center, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 12.3 star is off the NW side, 1.5' from center. Forms a trio with NGC 5898 5.5' SW and ESO 515-003 3.1' S.
18" (6/17/04): moderately bright, moderately large, 1.2'x1.0', well-concentrated with a bright 20" core. Slightly fainter than NGC 5898 5.5' SW.
13.1" (7/5/83): moderately bright, small, round. Appears similar to NGC 5898 5.5' SW but slightly larger.
8" (7/5/83): very faint, round, nice pair with NGC 5898.