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NGC2255

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 6:33:58.6
Declination: -34:48:42
Constellation: COL
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, S, lE, vlbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2255 18" (3/11/07): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.5', weakly concentrated.