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NGC5074

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:18:25.8
Declination: +31:28:6
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5074

17.5" (6/1/02): faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter.  Fairly low even surface brightness.  Located 10' S of mag 8.0 SAO 63458.  Possible outlying member of AGC 1656.