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NGC2115

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 5:51:19.8
Declination: -50:35:0
Constellation: PIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: eeF, vS, 3 st 10 sp
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2115 14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): fairly faint, small, round, 20" diameter, occasional faint stellar nucleus. Located just north of a bright asterism of a half-dozen stars; mag 9.0 HD 39625 is 5' SW, mag 9 HD 39606 8.6' SSW, mag 10 star 3.5' SE, mag 11/12/11 triple at 5"/24" is 3' S. Located 49' NE of mag 3.8 Beta Pictoris. A faint companion (NGC 2115A) off the south side was not seen.