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NGC5938
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:36:26.1
Declination: -66:51:33
Constellation: TRA
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, am st
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5938
14" (4/2/16 - Coonabarabran, 160x): fairly faint, moderately large, oval 3:2 ~SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.7'. Two stars are at opposite ends of the galaxy; a mag 13.5 star is at the NNE edge and a mag 14.5 star is at the SSW edge. Also a mag 12.5 star [7" double] is just off the south side and a 15th magnitude star is superimposed. Situated in a very rich Milky Way star field with a huge number of mag 13 and fainter stars! Located 33' S of mag 4.1 Epsilon Triangulum Australe.