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NGC5363
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 13:56:7.1
Declination: +5:15:14
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, pL, R, psbM, * 8 nf
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5363
18" (3/29/03): at 450x this fairly large, oval galaxy has a mottled appearance. The bright stellar nucleus appears like a bright superimposed star (images reveal a star very near the center) surrounded by a bright core. Located 3.8' SW of SAO 120182 = O· 273, an 8.4/8.9 pair at just 1.0" that was resolved at this power.
17.5" (4/28/90): very bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, very bright core, sharp stellar nucleus. Located 3.8' SW of mag 8.0 SAO 120182 (close double O· 273 = 8.4/8.9 at 1.0"). Brightest in a large group of 7 galaxies with NGC 5364 14.5' S and NGC 5373 15' E.
8" (5/21/82): bright, small, round, small bright nucleus. A mag 8 star is 4' E. NGC 5364 lies 14' S.