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NGC2310

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:53:53.8
Declination: -40:51:49
Constellation: PUP
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, vmE 45°, pslbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2310

13.1" (2/20/04 - Costa Rica): at 166x appears as a fairly faint, very thin edge-on splinter oriented SW-NE, 1.0'x0.15'.  Contains a stellar nuclues.  Situated in a fairly rich Puppis starfield.  This edge-on galaxy has a "box-peanut" central bulge (similar to NGC 128), which is probably a thick bar viewed edge-on.