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NGC5262

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:35:38.5
Declination: +75:2:24
Constellation: UMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5262

17.5" (5/11/02): faint, fairly small, 0.7'x0.5' SSW-NNE, weak even concentration.  Just 2' NE is an easy, nearly collinear triple star of mag 13/14 stars [19" and 20" separation].  Forms a pair with UGC 8595 2' WSW.  The companion is extremely faint, very small, 0.3x0.2', low surface brightness.  A mag 15.5 star is just visible at the NW tip.