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NGC5276

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:42:21.9
Declination: +35:37:27
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1856
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5276

17.5" (6/7/97): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 0.8'x0.4'.  Well-concentrated with a small brighter core with faint extensions.  Forms a pair with brighter NGC 5273  3.3' NW.