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NGC5983
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:42:45.5
Declination: +8:14:30
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, eS, R, vlbM
Sub-type: E0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5983
17.5" (6/4/94): faint, small, weak concentration, faint stellar nucleus, diffuse halo that fades into background without a distinct edge. A mag 13 star is 1.2' WNW. A group of bright stars follows within 8' including three mag 9.5-10.5 stars and three mag 11.5-12 stars; the nearest two are a mag 10.5 star 2.9' NE and a mag 11.5 star 3.2' SE. In addition, mag 8.6 SAO 121148 is 12.7' SSE at edge of field.