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NGC5958

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:34:49.1
Declination: +28:39:19
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, iR, bM, r
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5958

17.5" (7/15/93): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, moderate even surface brightness.  A mag 12 star is 3.8' E and a mag 15 star 2.0' S of center.  Located 11' WSW of mag 8.9 SAO 83900.