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NGC2120

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:50:34.8
Declination: -63:40:30
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: cF, pL, R, vglbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2120

30" (10/15/15 - OzSky): at 303x and 394x; moderately bright and large, round, contains a large slightly brighter core, fairly smooth, ~50" diameter. A mag 15 star is off the southwest side, 0.9' from center, and a few extremely faint stars sparkle around the edges.  Located 5.7' S of mag 8.8 HD 39842.