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NGC2049

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:43:15.1
Declination: -30:4:41
Constellation: COL
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2049

18" (12/22/11): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 0.6'x0.3', low surface brightness, very weak concentration (possibly viewed through thin clouds).  IC 2147 lies 25' S.

17.5" (12/8/90): fairly faint, small, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, bright core.