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NGC5062

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:18:23.6
Declination: -35:27:32
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, E, r
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5062

18" (3/17/07): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.2'.  A mag 11 star lies 1.7' SW.  Forms a pair with NGC 5063 6' N.  Located 1.3 degrees NNW of mag 2.8 Iota Centauri.