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NGC5176

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:29:24.9
Declination: +11:46:55
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Hartwig
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 18.0

Observational

Summary description: No description, not seen by T
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5176.  This may perhaps have been seen by Hough as well as by Hartwig.  
See NGC 5171 for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5176

17.5" (5/27/95): located 2.9' N of NGC 5171 in a compact cluster.  Very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Forms a very close pair with NGC 5177 57" N.