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NGC2242

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:34:7.4
Declination: +44:46:40
Constellation: AUR
Visual Magnitude: 15.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, F * nf
Sub-type: PN

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2242.  See IC 2170.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2242

17.5" (1/31/87): faint, small, almost round.  Unusually weak filtration response as appears similar brightness or slightly fainter using filters!  Estimate V = 14.5.  This object was recently discovered to be a planetary in 1985 (Shaw and Bidelman) and is listed in the CGCG.