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NGC2121

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:48:12.4
Declination: -71:28:52
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, cL, vgbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2121

25" (10/10/15 - OzSky): at 318x; bright, very large, slightly elongated ~N-S, 2.0'x1.6', only a broad weak concentration.  Fairly smooth appearance with only a slight granularity.  A couple of mag 15.5-16 are resolved around the edges.  Mag 9.9 HD 39626 is 6' WSW.