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NGC5001

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:9:33.0
Declination: +53:29:39
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, iR, gbM
Sub-type: SB?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5001

18" (6/27/03): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, oval 0.8'x0.4', weak concentration.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.5' NE.  Located 20' following a group of a half-dozen galaxies including NGC 4967/73/74.