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NGC5000

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:9:47.5
Declination: +28:54:24
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pS, lE
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5000

18" (7/1/03): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, 0.8'x0.7', very weak concentration.  Nestled in a group of mag 12-14 stars.  Located 6.5' NNW of mag 8.6 SAO 82685 in the outer region of the AGC 1656.  This is a barred-spiral starburst galaxy.