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NGC5243
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:36:15.1
Declination: +38:20:36
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, pL, E 65°, biN ?
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5243
17.5" (6/8/02): fairly faint, thin nearly edge-on NW-SE, 1.1'x0.3' with a bulging core. A mag 12 star follows by 4.5'.