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NGC5260

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.