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NGC2009
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:30:59.2
Declination: -69:10:54
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS, R, glbM, in Cl
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2009
25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; very bright knot, moderately large, round, 45" diameter, mottled. A dozen mag 13.5-15.5 stars are resolved. Sits in a beautifully rich star field (association) with numerous mag 12 and fainter stars including an arc of 4 mag 12-13 stars off the southwest side. The NGC 2015 star cloud and cluster S-L 557 lies to the southeast and NGC 1994 and 1984 lies 14' and 18' WNW. This cluster is ~40' WSW of the Tarantula Nebula.