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NGC5201

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:29:16.2
Declination: +53:4:54
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, cS, R, vglbM
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5201

18" (6/21/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.6'.  Moderate, even concentration to a brighter core and faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located 5.7' S of mag 7.4 SAO 28775 (a mag 10 companion is 2' NW of the bright star).  NGC 5163 lies 29' SW.