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NGC5718
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 14:40:42.8
Declination: +3:27:56
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, vglbM, * 8ยท9 nf
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 5718
24" (6/18/12): moderately bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 or 4:3 E-W, ~35"x25", large bright core, brighter along the major axis. Forms a double system (Arp 171) with IC 1042 ("fairly faint, fairly small, round, 24" diameter, weak concentration"), just 1.0' WNW. A mag 10.7 star is 1.2' NE and detracts a bit. NGC 5718 is the brightest member in the poor group MKW 8 and over 20 members were tracked down within 30' of NGC 5718.
17.5" (6/8/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 E-W, weak concentration. Located 1.3' SW of a mag 10 star that detracts from viewing. A number of mag 13-14 stars are within 3'. Forms a close contact pair (Arp 171) with IC 1042 off the west edge. IC 1042 is very faint, very small, low even surface brightness.