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NGC2089

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:47:51.3
Declination: -17:36:10
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, stellar
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2089

17.5" (12/3/88): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Collinear with a mag 11 star 1.6' SSE and a mag 12 star 2.8' SSE of center.