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NGC2148

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:58:45.6
Declination: -59:7:35
Constellation: PIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, * 12 v nr
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2148

14" (4/7/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x and 184x): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, required averted vision.  A mag 12.5 star is 33" E of center and two mag 13 star are within 2' to the south.  Observation made in quite hazy conditions through thin clouds or smoke.