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NGC5178

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:29:29.3
Declination: +11:37:30
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5178.  This was not seen by Hartwig, nor by the Dearborn observers -- but
was picked up by Tempel with a smaller telescope.  See NGC 5171 for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5178

17.5" (5/27/95): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter, weak concentration.  A mag 12 star is 2.5' NW.  Located 7' S of NGC 5171 in a small, rich group of five galaxies and 5.5' ESE of mag 8.1 SAO 100591.