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NGC5089

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:19:39.4
Declination: +30:15:20
Constellation: COM
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, gbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5089

18" (5/30/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, 0.7'x0.5'.  A mag 15 star is at the SW edge (16" from center).  Another faint star is off the NE side ~1' from the galaxy.  UGC 8377 lies 9' SSE.