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NGC2177

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:1:16.5
Declination: -67:44:0
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, iR, lbM, r
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2177

14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, fairly even surface brightness, no resolution.  Located 8' NNW of mag 9.3 HD 41802 and 11' NE of mag 9.4 HD 41443.  Three additional mag 10 stars are in the field to the north and east.  NGC 2166 lies 16' SW.