CCD Image of edge-on Lenticular
Galaxy NGC 5084 taken on 5/8/97.
Description in The
Deep Sky Field Guide to Uranometria 2000:
Small, very bright nucleus; very
thin, flat component with some structure near nucleus;
very faint extended arms with patchy dust lane. Several companions nearby.
NGC 5084
Magnitude: 11.3
Constellation: Virgo
RA: 13h 20m 16.7s
Dec: +17d 32' 45" Epoch
2000
Size (mins) 9.3 x 1.8
Position Angle 80.0
Classification (de
Vaucouleurs system): SO: pec sp
(in english): Lenticular (uncertain), pecular,
spindle
