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NGC5018
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:13:0.9
Declination: -19:31:10
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, S, R, mbMpBN
Sub-type: E3
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5018
17.5" (4/13/96): fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, roughly 2.5'x2.0'. Very bright core dominates much fainter halo. Located 6' SE of mag 9.3 SAO 157792. Forms a pair with NGC 5022 7.2' ESE.