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NGC5280

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:42:55.5
Declination: +29:52:9
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5280

17.5" (6/7/97): faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, weak concentration to a slightly brighter core and faint stellar nucleus.  NGC 5277 lies 6' NW and the NGC 5274/5275 pair is ~7' W.  A very faint companion 48" SW (MCG +5-32-73) was not seen.  The UGC 8692 chain lies 20' ENE.