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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

===== 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

===== 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).