NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC5260
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:40:19.8
Declination: -23:51:30
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, pL, 3 st f in a line
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5260
17.5" (6/14/96): faint, moderately large, round, 1.5' diameter, very weak concentration with a low surface brightness. A mag 11 star is just off the following side 1.1' from center. This star is part of a distinctive string of stars running N-S including two mag 13 stars to north and several brighter stars to the south.