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NGC5268
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:42:12.3
Declination: -13:51:37
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 11.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Cooper
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 13.5
Observational
Summary description: A nebula (Auw 32)
Sub-type: *
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 5268 is a star at the catalogued position. Included in the Markree
Catalogue as a nebula, there is only a hint on the DSS of a very faint galaxy
just south of the much brighter star. I do not think that it could be seen in
the 12.4-inch refractor at Markree, and suspect that the southern declination
-- thus, a relatively low altitude in Ireland -- might have played a role in
the classification.