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NGC2294
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 6:51:11.3
Declination: +33:31:38
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1849
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, (ε of Lord R's diag)
Sub-type: E6
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2294
18" (3/4/08): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 ~N-S, 0.6'x0.35', weak concentration. Furthest NE in a group of 5 NGCs. A wide double of mag 10.5-11 stars lies 2' SE.
18" (10/21/06): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 0.6'x0.3', very weak concentration. NGC 2291 lies 2.6' W and NGC 2288, NGC 2289 and NGC 2290 are all nearby to the SW. A 40" pair of mag 10.5-11.5 stars lies 2' SE.
17.5" (12/19/87): fairly faint, small, oval ~N-S. Follows four stars on a line. Last of five in the NGC 2289/NGC 2290 group with NGC 2291 2.6' W.
13" (12/22/84): very faint, extremely small, almost round, no details.