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NGC5011

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:12:51.6
Declination: -43:5:48
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pB, cS, R, am 4 st
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5011 13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 4:3 NNW-SSE. Moderate even concentration to a brighter core and a faint stellar nucleus. NGC 5026 lies 17' NE. Located 12' WNW of mag 6.2 HD 114873 and 23' NE of mag 5.2 HD 114474. 17.5" (2/28/87): fairly faint, small, round, weak concentration. The following three brighter stars are equidistant to the E; mag 9.1 SAO 223985 7.4' NE and two mag 11 stars 7.8' ESE and 7.3' SE. Located 12' WNW of mag 6.2 SAO 223989. Outlying member of the Centaurus cluster or in a group surrounding the Centaurus cluster (AGC 3526).