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NGC5185

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:30:2.2
Declination: +13:24:58
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iR
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5185

17.5" (5/27/95): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 1.8'x0.6', bright core.  A mag 11.5 star lies 2.9' NW.  A nice string of four stars with a 1.5' length begins 2' SW.  Forms a pair with NGC 5181 8.3' SW.