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NGC5960

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:36:18.4
Declination: +5:39:57
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, neb *
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5960

17.5" (6/4/94): faint, small, irregularly round (slightly elongated N-S?), almost even surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is 0.9' NNW of center.  A pair of mag 10/11 stars at 57" separation located 7' SE are collinear with NGC 5960.