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NGC2007

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:34:58.9
Declination: -50:55:18
Constellation: PIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, R
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2007

14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): very faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 45"x15", low even surface brightness.  A mag 11.6 star is 4' ENE.  Forms a close pair with NGC 2008 2.7' S.  Viewed in poor transparency.