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NGC2266

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:43:19.2
Declination: +26:58:10
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 9.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pS, eC, Ri, st 11…15
Sub-type: II2m

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2266

13.1" (12/22/84): three dozen stars mag 9-15 in a 4' diameter.  Most members are very faint and the cluster appears quite rich with averted over unresolved background haze.  The brightest star, mag 8.6 SAO 78670, is at the southwest edge of cluster and a string of five brighter stars mag 10-12 trail to the ENE.  An isolated mag 10 star is off the northwest corner.