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NGC5252
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:38:15.9
Declination: +4:32:33
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5252
17.5" (4/28/90): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus. NGC 5246 lies 30' SSW.