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NGC5141
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:24:51.4
Declination: +36:22:44
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, cS, R, vsmbM *, * 12 sp, sp of 2
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5141
18" (6/4/05): moderately bright, small, slightly elongated E-W, 0.6'x0.5'. Sharply concentrated with a very small bright core and stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star lies 1.2' W. Forms a similar pair with NGC 5142 2.3' NE and a trio with extremely faint NGC 5143.
18" (7/22/03): fairly faint, small, round, strong concentration with a small bright core and stellar nucleus. The core is surrounded by a low surface brightness halo ~0.8' diameter. A mag 13 star lies 1.4' WSW. First of trio with NGC 5142 2.3' NE and NGC 5143 4' NNE.
17.5": fairly faint, small, small bright core, stellar nucleus, slightly elongated E-W. A mag 13 star is 1.4' WSW. Forms a pair with NGC 5142 2.3' NE.