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NGC5132

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:24:28.9
Declination: +14:5:33
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, r
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5132 17.5" (5/23/98): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.6', very weak even concentration but no visible core. Forms an equilateral triangle with two mag 13 stars 2.2' E and 2.5' NNE. NGC 5137 lies 5.8' ESE.