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NGC2283
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 6:45:52.6
Declination: -18:12:37
Constellation: CMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: 3 or 4 S st + neb
Sub-type: SBc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2283 may also be IC 2171, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2283
13.1" (11/5/83): very faint, small, diffuse, even surface brightness. Three faint stars are involved including two mag 13 stars at the NE edge and the north edge. Located in a rich star field 90' S of Sirius and just 9¡ from the galactic equator!