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NGC5038

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:15:2.0
Declination: -15:57:7
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Holden
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 15.6

Observational

Summary description: pB, E 90°, stellar
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5038

17.5" (5/22/93): fairly faint, edge-on 4:1 E-W, 0.9'x0.2', very small bright core.  A mag 11 star is 4.3' SSW.  Located roughly 30' N of the center of the NGC 5044 group.