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NGC5208
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:32:27.9
Declination: +7:19:1
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, R, psbM, p of 2
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5208. See NGC 5212.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5208
24" (6/1/13): moderately bright and large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.5', well concentrated with a very small, very bright nucleus that increases to the center. NGC 5208 and NGC 5209, located 3.7' ENE, are the brightest members of a small group. CGCG 045-008 (identified in the RNGC as NGC 5212) lies 1.7' SE.
17.5" (5/27/95): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.6'. Even concentration with a bright core and faint stellar nucleus. Appears to a have faint larger halo. Brightest in a trio with NGC 5209 3.7' ENE and NGC 5210 10' SSE.