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NGC2176

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:1:19.4
Declination: -66:51:12
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pL, R, gbM
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2176

14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): fairly faint, roundish, 30" diameter, low surface brightness, no resolution although a mag 14 star is just off the east side.  The compact cluster S-L 824 is 8' SE and large S-L 800 is 23' SW.