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NGC5114

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:24:1.6
Declination: -32:20:38
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, lE, psbM, f of 2
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5114

18" (6/4/05): fairly faint, moderately large, slightly elongated ~E-W, roughly 1.2'x0.9'.  Contains a relatively large brighter core that increases to a faint stellar nucleus.  The halo has a low surface brightness and the edge is difficult to determine as it fades into the background.  A mag 11 star lies 5.8' WSW and very difficult NGC 5108 is 9' W.