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NGC2056

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:36:34.1
Declination: -70:40:19
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pB, R, bM, p of 2, * 9 bet
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2056 24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): very bright, fairly large, 1.2' diameter, very high surface brightness core, mottled and clumpy halo with a couple of mag 15.5-16 stars resolved around the edges. Second of three with NGC 2038 11' NW and NGC 2075 9' ESE. Mag 9.3 HD 38174 is near the midpoint of NGC 2056 and 2075. Mag 10.5 HD 269825 lies 3.6' SSW and a mag 11 star is 2.5' N.