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NGC5791
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:58:46.0
Declination: -19:16:1
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, R, stellar
Sub-type: E6
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5791
17.5" (6/16/01): moderately bright, oval elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x0.7'. The faint halo contains a bright core that increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus. Brightest in a group and forms a close pair with IC 1081 2.7' NE. A mag 12 star lies 3' SE. Located 5' NNW of mag 10 SAO 158945. IC 1081 appeared very faint, very elongated NW-SE, 1.2'x0.3', low even surface brightness. Very weakly concentrated.
13" (6/18/85): moderately bright, dominated by a bright core surrounded by faint extensions roughly NW-SE. A mag 11 star is 4.7' SSE.