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NGC5272

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:42:11.2
Declination: +28:22:34
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 6.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Messier
Year of discovery: 1764
Discovery aperture: 3.5

Observational

Summary description: !!, globular cluster of stars, eB, vL, vsmbM, st 11…
Sub-type: VI

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5272

13.1" (5/26/84): stunning, several hundred stars resolved at 220x including the dense core. 

8": outer halo well resolved into several lanes converging to an intense core.  A few faint stars are resolved on the edge of the core.