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NGC5099

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:21:19.5
Declination: -13:2:30
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5099

17.5" (4/21/01): extremely faint, small, round, 20" diameter.  Located 12' NW of NGC 5105 and symmetrically placed on opposite side of a 1' pair of mag 13 stars.