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NGC2166

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:59:33.8
Declination: -67:56:29
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2166

30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 394x; very bright, fairly small, round, 24" diameter, high surface brightness.  Contains a relatively large bright core and smooth halo.  A mag 12.5 star is off the northeast side [42" from center].  Located 6' S of mag 9.3 HD 41443.  NGC 2177 lies 16' NE.