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NGC5103

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:20:30.0
Declination: +43:5:4
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, cS, E
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5103

18" (5/30/03): this is a pretty, fairly small spindle-shaped lenticular, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.3'.  Located 1.8' S of mag 8.2 SAO 44572.  A distinctive string of mag 11/12/13 star is to the NE of the bright star.  NGC 5123 lies 29' E.