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NGC5166
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:28:15.0
Declination: +32:1:56
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, pL, lE, lbM, f of 2
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5166
17.5" (5/15/99): pretty edge-on 5:1 oriented WSW-ENE, 1.5'x0.3', little or no concentration. Precedes mag 8.5 SAO 63561 by 9'. NGC 5157 is 12' due west. NGC 5166B = MCG +05-32-027 is 4.5' NE and CGCG 161-060 is 5' SSW. NGC 5166B was logged as "extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter" and CGCG 161-060 as "extremely faint and small, round, 12" diameter. Located 1.5' NE of a mag 13 star."