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NGC5124

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:24:50.2
Declination: -30:18:29
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, vlE
Sub-type: E6

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5124 = IC 4233, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5124

18" (6/4/05): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~5:2 N-S, 1.2'x0.5', fades at the tips.  Fairly well concentrated with a small, brighter round core ~15" diameter and fainter extensions.  Three mag 8.5-10 stars to the SE with mag 8.4 HD 116623 6.4' SE. Forms a close pair with NGC 5126 1.6' SSE.