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NGC5387

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 13:58:24.7
Declination: +6:4:14
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: vF ray, 2' l
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5387 17.5" (5/10/91): very faint, fairly small, edge-on 6:1 SSW-NNE, 1.6'x0.25', low even surface brightness. NGC 5382, NGC 5386 and NGC 5384 are nearly all collinear to the north with NGC 5382 12' NNW and NGC 5374 14' W.