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NGC5302

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:48:49.8
Declination: -30:30:43
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5302.  There is a 31 second error in JH's RA, probably the result of 
noting the wrong eyepiece wire.  See NGC 5298 for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5302

17.5" (3/12/88): fairly faint, small, elongated SSW-NNE, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  NGC 5298 is located 5.8' NNW.  Member of the IC 4329 cluster (AGC 3574).