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NGC2076

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:46:47.4
Declination: -16:46:58
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, iE, bM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2076

17.5" (12/3/88): moderately bright, fairly large, oval SW-NE, fairly high surface brightness but no distinctive core.  Several bright stars are nearby including mag 7.8 SAO 150803 8' NNE and mag 9.2 SAO 150795 5' WNW.  This is an early-type galaxy with a broad equatorial dust lane.