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NGC5104

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:21:22.9
Declination: +0:20:34
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, lE
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5104

18" (5/29/05): faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 0.7'x0.3'. Contains a very small, brighter core.  This is a an edge-on starburst galaxy.