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NGC2313

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:58:2.8
Declination: -7:56:42
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R
Sub-type: EN

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2313

18" (2/3/05): at 225x this reflection nebula appears as a very faint, very small, low surface brightness glow surrounding a mag 14 illuminating star, ~15"-20" diameter.  Situated within a rich Milky Way field which has a mottled appearance at low power.  Located 20' NE of mag 6.3 HD 51424. Incorrectly listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.