NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC2308

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 6:58:37.5
Declination: +45:12:40
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1872
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, vF * inv
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2308 17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 2:1 N-S. Overpowered by 16 Lyncis (V = 4.9) located 9' SW in the field.