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NGC5021

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:12:6.1
Declination: +46:11:47
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, cS, R, * 12 nf 90"
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5021

18" (7/1/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.5', brighter along a fairly thin major axis.  A mag 11 star is off the ENE tip, 1.2' from center.

18" (7/1/03): fairly faint, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.6', broad concentration.  A mag 11.5 star is at the NE tip (inadvertently observed twice on the same evening).