Object: Galaxy NGC 5198 Constell: CVn RA: 13h 30.2m Decl: +46° 40' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 11.7m (v) Size: 2.1'x1.8' Type: E1+: Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 6./7.4.1996, 23.30 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.7m Background sky: 4 Seeing: 3 Weather: 0 °C, thin clouds. Brightness: 4 Alt: Description: Round, diameter about 1.6'. Has an (almost) stellar mag. 14 nucleus. Disk slightly concentrated. This galaxy is 30' S of Messier 51.