NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC5071
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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.