Object: Galaxy NGC 5248 Constell: BOO RA: 13h 37.0m Decl: +08° 55' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 10.2m (v) Size: 6.8'x5.0' Type: SAB(rs)bc Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 20./21.4.1993, 00.20 Telescope: N 202/1219 Magn: 390x Filter: Field: 10' NE Lim.mag: 5.8m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 1-2 Weather: Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: A quite bright galaxy with some interesting details. There is a dark patch N of the nucleus and the core is irregularly and faintly mottled.