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NGC5271

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:41:42.4
Declination: +30:7:31
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, gvlbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5271

17.5" (6/7/97): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, no concentration.  A mag 13 star lies 1.3' WNW.  First in a group of faint galaxies including NGC 5274, 5275, 5277, 5280, 5282.