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NGC5339

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:54:0.0
Declination: -7:55:50
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5339

17.5" (5/11/96): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 1.8'x1.4'.  Broad concentration with an ill-defined core.  Bracketed by two mag 13 stars 1.3' SSW and 1.3' NE.  PGC magnitude (16.5) is much too faint.