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NGC5973

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:40:15.6
Declination: -8:36:3
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, iR
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5973

17.5" (5/27/00): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.3'.  Weak concentration to an irregular brighter center.  The DSS image shows an edge-on with a star superimposed close to the center.