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NGC5245

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:37:23.2
Declination: +3:53:53
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5245

17.5" (4/28/90): very faint, very small, irregularly round, almost even surface brightness.  Located almost at the midpoint between two mag 13.5 stars 2.5' NNW and 3.1' SSE.  NGC 5246 lies 12.5' N.