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NGC5130

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:24:27.2
Declination: -10:12:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, gbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5130

18" (5/29/05): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.5'x0.3'.  Sharply concentrated with a small, bright core and a very low surface brightness halo.  A wide 44" pair of mag 13/14 stars lie 2' SSW.  Located 1 degree NNW of Spica and 27' N of NGC 5122.