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NGC2246

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:32:33.7
Declination: +5:7:42
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, L, irrR, e diffic
Sub-type: EN

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2246 is a brighter patch of nebulosity in the eastern side of the Rosette 
first seen by Swift in 1886; see NGC 2237 and NGC 2239 for more on the
discovery of this remarkable object.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2246

13.1" (1/23/82): this is a brighter patch on the inner northeast side of the Rosette Nebula.  A slightly darker gap in the annulus is located at the west end of this portion.