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NGC5266
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:43:1.8
Declination: -48:10:9
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: B, pL, vlE, vglbM, 3 st nr
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5266
20" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 212x, moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.7'. Sharply concentrated with a very small, very bright nucleus. With careful viewing a very faint, low surface brightness outer halo reaches two mag 13.5 stars on the south side, increasing the diameter to 2.0'x1.3'. This galaxy is an unusual "dust lane elliptical" or polar ring galaxy.