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NGC5096

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:20:8.6
Declination: +33:5:17
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, R, bM, sp of 2
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5096.  See NGC 5098.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5096

17.5" (5/23/98): very faint, small, round, 25" diameter.  Situated between a mag 10 star 3.1' SSW and a mag 11 star 2.4' NE.  In a group with double system NGC 5098 3.5' NNE.  An extremely faint companion 1' following was glimpsed several times.  NGC 5096, itself, is a very close triple system that was not resolved.