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NGC5858

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:8:49.1
Declination: -11:12:29
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Holden
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 15.6

Observational


Summary description: F, S, stell N, II 192 sf
Sub-type: E6

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5858 13.1" (7/5/83): fairly bright, very small, small bright nucleus. NGC 5861 lies 9.5' SE.