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NGC5221
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:34:56.2
Declination: +13:49:57
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, vlE, 1st of 3
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5221
24" (6/1/13): moderately bright, moderately large, edge-on 4:1 E-W, 1.0'x0.25", well concentrated with a small bright nucleus. Interacting pair with NGC 5222 5.4' S.
17.5" (5/30/92): faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 E-W, broad mild concentration, very faint stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 5222 5.4' S. A mag 14.5 star 2.5' S is midway NGC 5221 and NGC 5222. Member of the NGC 5230 group. NGC 5226 lies 5.7' NNE (not seen).