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NGC5059

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:16:58.4
Declination: +7:50:41
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 15.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, lE
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5059

17.5" (6/1/02): extremely faint, very small, elongated ~N-S, ~0.4'x0.1', requires averted vision to glimpse.  Located 1.5' NW of a mag 13.5 star.