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NGC2173

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:57:58.5
Declination: -72:58:41
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, R, gmbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2173

24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x this outlying LMC globular appears as fairly bright, round glow, ~2' in diameter, weak concentration, no resolution.  A wide pair of 12th magnitude stars lies 2.4' ENE and 3.5' ESE.  NGC 2199 (a galaxy) lies 38' SE, and NGC 2209, another LMC cluster, lies 68' SE.