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NGC5364

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:56:11.9
Declination: +5:0:56
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, L, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sbc/P

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 5364 = NGC 5317, which see.  Also see IC 958.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5364

17.5" (4/28/90): moderately bright, large, broad weak concentration, elongated SW-NE.  Two mag 14 stars are 1.6' NW of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 5360 8' WSW and NGC 5363 lies 14.5' N.  Sixth of seven in the NGC 5363 group.  

8" (5/21/82): faint, large, diffuse glow.  Forms an unusual pair with smaller but brighter NGC 5363 14' N.