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NGC5893
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:13:34.3
Declination: +41:57:33
Constellation: BOO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, r, 3 st nr
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5893
17.5" (7/12/99): faint, fairly small, round, ~1.0' diameter. Weak even concentration to the center but no core or nucleus. Situated within a string of mag 13-13.5 stars oriented NW-SE. The very faint pair NGC 5895/96 lies 4' NE.
17.5" (5/2/92): faint, small, slightly elongated 4:3 SW-NE, even surface brightness. In a line with a string of four mag 13 stars oriented NW-SE; the closest stars are 1.9' NW and 1.8' SE. In a trio with NGC 5895 4.2' NE and NGC 5896 5.0' NE.