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NGC5078
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:19:49.8
Declination: -27:24:35
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, cE, psbM, * 7ยท8 f
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5078
24" (5/25/14): at 282x, appeared bright, fairly large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 2.0'x0.8', sharp concentration with a bright, thin elongated core that looks like a bar. Although the equatorial dust lane immediately southwest of the bar was not noticed at a low elevation, the galaxy was brighter and more extensive on the following side of the bar. Forms a pair with IC 879 2.5' SW. Mag 7.8 HD 115890 lies 9' E. Also nearby are IC 874, 17' SW and NGC 5101 25' E. The Arp-Madore atlas describes NGC 5078 as an "edge-on Sa with interacting companion [IC 879] + dust."
13.1" (3/17/86): moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, bright core. This pretty system is located 10' W of mag 7.7 SAO 181564. NGC 5101 lies 27' E. Forms a close pair with IC 879 2.5' WSW (not seen).