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NGC5198
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:30:11.4
Declination: +46:40:15
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS, R, mbM
Sub-type: E1
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5198
17.5" (5/19/01): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1' diameter. Contains a large, brighter core with a thin halo. Forms the SE vertex of a small rectangle with three mag 13-14 stars - the closest star 45" W. Located 32' S of M51. NGC 6169 lies 21' W.
17.5": moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, small very bright core, possible stellar nucleus. A mag 14.5 star is 45" W of center.
8": faint, small, round. Located about 30' S of M51 in the same low power field.