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NGC5060

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:17:16.3
Declination: +6:2:14
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, lE
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5060.  See IC 872.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5060

17.5" (6/1/02): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.9'x0.7'.  The halo appears to change orientation with averted vision.  Weak concentration to a slightly brighter 15" core.  Forms an equilateral triangle with mag 9.0 SAO 119848 10' SW and mag 9.3 SAO 119852 10' NW.