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NGC5701

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 14:39:11.1
Declination: +5:21:49
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 10.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cB, pS, R, mbM, * 11 p 15s
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 5701 17.5" (6/8/91): bright, moderately large, 2.2'x1.8', faint halo slightly elongated 5:4 NNW-SSE, small well-defined very bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 14 star is just off the NE side 1.2' from center. Located within a triangle of mag 10 stars 3.6' W, 3.6' NE and 6.3' S of center. 8" (6/29/84): moderately bright, small, slightly elongated ~N-S, brighter core, within a triangle of three stars mag 9-10.