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NGC5133

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:24:52.9
Declination: -4:4:55
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, irrR, bM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5133

17.5" (6/7/97): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter (much smaller than listed dimensions).  Nearly even surface brightness except for a faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located 15' NNE mag 7.1 SAO 139322.  HCG 64 lies 19' NE.  PGC magnitude (12.6) appears too bright.