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NGC5618
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:27:11.8
Declination: -2:15:46
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, S
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5618
18" (5/29/05): faint, moderately large, diffuse glow, 1.0' diameter, weakly concentrated. A mag 12 star lies 2' W. Located 15' W of mag 5.0 Phi Vir, a mag 4.9/9.5 pair at 5".
18" (6/18/04): faint, fairly small, round, 0.8'x0.7', fairly low surface brightness with very weak concentration. A mag 12 star lies 2' W. Just outside the field lies Phi Virginis (very unequal magnitude double 5.0/9.5 at 5").