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NGC5978

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:42:27.1
Declination: -13:14:2
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, sbMN, am st
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5978

17.5" (5/27/00): extremely faint, very small, round.  Appears as  a 30" diameter low surface brightness glow between two mag 14-15 stars 1' S and 2' NNE.  Located 15' SW of a mag 6.7 SAO 159458.