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NGC2181

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:2:43.7
Declination: -65:15:54
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2181

13.1" (2/18/04 - Costa Rica): extremely faint, fairly small, irregular, ~1' diameter, very low surface brightness.  This LMC cluster is located 2.8' WSW of a mag 10 star.  NGC 2193 lies 21' NE.