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NGC5061

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:18:5.2
Declination: -26:50:14
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 10.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vB, S, R, vsmbM * 10 f
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5061 17.5" (4/6/91): fairly bright, fairly small, round, small very bright core. A mag 13 star is embedded in the NE portion of the halo. Located 2.5' WNW of mag 8.5 SAO 181534. 8" (5/21/82): fairly faint, small, round, small bright nucleus. A mag 10 star is 3' E.