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NGC5100

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:20:59.5
Declination: +8:58:44
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, lbM
Sub-type: S?

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5100 is possibly also NGC 5106, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5100

18" (5/15/04): faint, small, irregularly round, 25"x20", slightly brighter core.  Located 6' NE of mag 9 SAO 119888.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.8' NE of center.