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NGC5205

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:30:3.1
Declination: +62:30:45
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, bet 2 vF st
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5205

17.5" (5/23/98): appears as a fairly large, ill-defined diffuse glow, slightly elongated N-S, 1.5'x1.2', very weak concentration.  Situated between mag 13.5/14.5 stars 3' S and 2' N. Two mag 11 stars lie ~8' NW.