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NGC5320

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:50:20.2
Declination: +41:21:58
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: cF, pL, R, gbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5320 17.5" (5/22/93): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, weak concentration, irregular surface brightness. A mag 14 star is off the SSW end 2.3' from center, a mag 11 star is 3.7' NE and a mag 12 star lies 3.1' ESE of center.