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NGC5087

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:20:24.9
Declination: -20:36:39
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, vS, iF
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5087

17.5" (4/4/92): fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, prominent bright core, stellar nucleus.  Five fairly bright mag 9.5-11 stars are at the west edge of the 220x field including a pair 9' due west.