NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC2097
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:44:16.0
Declination: -62:47:8
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, iR, pslbM * 16
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2097
30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x and 394x; fairly faint , moderately large, 45" glow with a mag 14 star involved on the south side. The slightly brighter core of the cluster is very close northeast of the star, but the cluster was unresolved. The field includes a mag 13 star 2' SSE, two mag 11/12.5 stars 3.5' ENE and a group of mag 13-15 stars ~3' NW. Located 17.5' NE of mag 6.9 HD 38511.