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NGC5231

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:35:48.3
Declination: +2:59:56
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, bM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5231

17.5" (6/8/02): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.6', broad concentration with a slightly brighter core and an occasional stellar nucleus.