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NGC5392

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 13:59:24.9
Declination: -3:12:32
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, R, gbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 5392

17.5" (5/11/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.6', brighter core.  Only faint stars in surrounding field. Incorrect RA in the RNGC (2.0 time-min E).