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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
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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).