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NGC5371

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:55:40.0
Declination: +40:27:44
Constellation: CVN
Visual Magnitude: 10.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: pB, L, R, bMFN
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 5371 probably also carries the designation NGC 5390, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5371 24" (7/1/16): very bright and large, elongated 4:3 N-S, contains a relatively small brighter core that is slightly elongated E-W (central bar). The large outer halo shows spiral structure. An arm on the north side sweeps west and south and a more ill-defined arm on the east side extends to the north. A mag 9 star is 2.6' NE. The HCG 68 quintet (including NGCs 5350, 5353 and 5354) is ~25' SW. 13.1" (5/26/84): bright, fairly large, small bright nucleus, slightly elongated N-S. Located 2.5' SW of mag 9.1 SAO 44805. The NGC 5353 group lies 25' WSW. 8" (5/21/82): fairly bright, fairly large, diffuse oval halo.