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NGC5915
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:21:33.0
Declination: -13:5:30
Constellation: LIB
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: B, S, R, glbM, p of 2
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5915
18" (6/17/04): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 NW-SE. Contains a bright, sharply concentrated, 20" core. A faint star is embedded on the south side of the halo (34" from center). Brightest in a trio with NGC 5916 4.5' SSE and NGC 5916A.
17.5" (5/30/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.7', brighter along the major axis but halo appears rounder. A mag 15 star is at the south edge 33" from center and a mag 12.5 star is 2.1' NE. Forms a pair with NGC 5916 4.5' SSE.
13" (6/4/83): fairly faint, small, fairly compact, round, slightly brighter core.