NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC2
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:7:17.1
Declination: +27:40:43
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 14.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Parsons L.
Year of discovery: 1873
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, s of G.C. 1
Sub-type: Sab
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2. See NGC 7839.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2
17.5" (11/14/87): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, even surface brightness. A mag 12.5 star lies 1.1' W of center. Forms a pair (optical) with brighter and larger NGC 1, just 1.8' N.
17.5" (9/19/87): faint, small, elongated ~E-W. A mag 13 star lies 1' W.
13" (8/24/84): very faint, very small, low surface brightness. Forms a close pair with NGC 1.