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NGC2138

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:54:48.8
Declination: -65:50:7
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2138

14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): relatively faint, small, round, 25"-30" diameter, slightly brighter core, low surface brightness, no resolution.  Four bright field stars lie directly south including mag 7.9  HD 40624 2.9' SSE and  mag 8.5 HD 40625, along with a mag 10 companion at ~45", is 7.5' S.