NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC2216
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 6:21:30.7
Declination: -22:5:14
Constellation: CMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, R, vglbM
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2216
17.5" (1/20/90): faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, even surface brightness. A mag 13 star is off the SE end 1.7' from center and a mag 14.5 star is superimposed at the SE end. A group of 20 stars are in the field to the west.