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NGC5026

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:14:13.4
Declination: -42:57:41
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, R, gbM, * 7 nf
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5026

13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): moderately bright, moderately large, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x1.0', broad concentration.  NGC 5011 lies 17' SW.  Located 6.7' S of a mag 7 star.

17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NNW-SSE, large brighter core.  Part of an outlying group in the Centaurus cluster.