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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
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NGC 5371 probably also carries the designation NGC 5390, which see.
Steve's Notes
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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.