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NGC2199

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:4:44.9
Declination: -73:24:0
Constellation: MEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2199

24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): moderately bright and large, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.6', small bright core, occasional sharp stellar nucleus.  NGC 2173 and NGC 2209, both likely LMC clusters, lie 38' NW and 30' SE, respectively.