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NGC5372

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:54:45.9
Declination: +58:40:1
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cF, S, E, ? ** inv
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5372 17.5" (7/22/01): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.6'x0.4'. Fairly high surface brightness though only a weak concentration. Forms the east vertex of a "keystone" with three mag 10-11 stars with longer sides of 5'. UGC 8836 is located 16' S.