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NGC5015

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:12:22.8
Declination: -4:20:13
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, cL, iR, lbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5015

17.5" (4/4/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, weak concentration, low surface brightness.  A mag 11 star is 4.3' NW.