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NGC5115

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:23:0.4
Declination: +13:57:4
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, S, R, * nf, D * f 24s
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5115

17.5" (5/23/98): very faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter with a low, even surface brightness.  A mag 14 star follows by 2.0' and a very close double star is 6' E.  Located 17' W of NGC 5129 in a group.