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NGC5088

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:20:20.2
Declination: -12:34:20
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5088.  See NGC 5077 and NGC 5070 = NGC 5072.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5088

17.5" (6/11/88): moderately bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 N-S, broad concentration.  In a group with NGC 5077 13' WNW.  Located 8' SE of mag 9.3 SAO 157863.