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NGC2186

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 6:12:7.1
Declination: +5:27:31
Constellation: ORI
Visual Magnitude: 8.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: Cl, pL, pRi, pC, st L and S
Sub-type: II2p

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2186 17.5" (1/19/91): at 140x about 30 stars in a 4' diameter including three mag 10 stars. Includes a prominent subgroup with a mag 10 star on the north side and a double star 11/12 at 10". A clump of mag 13/14 stars is just west of this subgroup.