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NGC2222

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:20:16.8
Declination: -57:32:0
Constellation: PIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, lE, vgvlbM, f of 2
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2222

24" (4/10/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x, this edge-on galaxy appeared moderately bright and large, elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.3', gradually increases to a small bright core.  This is the second brightest in a trio of elongated systems with NGC 2221 2.6' S and ESO 161-001 2.9' NE.