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NGC2119

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:57:26.9
Declination: +11:56:56
Constellation: ORI
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2119

17.5" (12/19/87): faint, very small, bright core, elongated 3:2 NW-SE in a rich star field.  A mag 11 star is 2' NE.  Located just 6 degrees from the galactic equator.