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NGC5301

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:46:24.2
Declination: +46:6:27
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cF, L, vmE
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5301 17.5" (6/7/97): fairly bright, large edge-on NNW-SSE, ~4.0'x0.7'. Bulging brighter center but only weakly concentrated. Nearly extends to two mag 12 stars on either side of SSE end. A mag 14.5 star is preceding the NNW end 2.6' from center. 8" (5/26/84): faint, very thin streak NW-SE, fairly small. Forms the north vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 11/12 stars 2.6' SE and 2.9' S. Located 15' E of a triangle of mag 9 stars.