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NGC5277

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:42:38.4
Declination: +29:57:15
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5277

17.5" (6/7/97): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Follows a group of four stars in a rectangular group (2 mag 12 + 2 mag 14) by ~4'.  In field with NGC 5274, 5275 and 5280.