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NGC5218

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:32:10.2
Declination: +62:46:5
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, R, gbM
Sub-type: SBb/P

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5218.  See NGC 5216.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5218

17.5" (5/23/98): moderately bright and large, elongated 4:3 ~E-W, 1.5'x1.2', broad concentration with a large brighter core.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.5' NE.  Forms a double system with NGC 5216 4.0' S (interacting pair with streamers called Keenan's system).