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NGC5374

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:57:29.5
Declination: +6:5:49
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pL, R, vgbM, * 11 np
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5374

17.5" (5/10/91): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, weak concentration.  A mag 10.5 star is 1.2' W.  Located within a group of four mag 9 stars including mag 8.9 SAO 120193 6.3' SW, and mag 9 stars 5.6' NE and 5.8' WSW.  The bright star field also includes several mag 11 stars.  First in loose group of five galaxies with NGC 5387 14' ESE and NGC 5382 15' NE.