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NGC5071

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:18:37.1
Declination: +7:56:10
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, stell
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5071

17.5" (6/1/02): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Located 3.5' W of mag 9.8 SAO 119870, which detracts from viewing.  NGC 5075 lies 9.5' SE.