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NGC2208

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 6:22:34.6
Declination: +51:54:36
Constellation: AUR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: pF, pS, lE
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2208 17.5" (1/19/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W, weak concentration. A mag 13 star is 1.1' W of center.