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NGC5177

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:29:24.2
Declination: +11:47:48
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

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

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5177.  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 5177

17.5" (5/27/95): extremely faint, very small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.4'x0.2', low surface brightness with no concentration.  Located just 57" N of NGC 5176 and 3.8' N of NGC 5171.  Faintest of five in a compact group.