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NGC2326
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:8:10.9
Declination: +50:40:56
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, iR, psmbM, st p
Sub-type: SBb
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2326. This was originally found by William Herschel who describes it as
"F, pL, iF, mbM. South-following a triangle of small [faint] stars." JH
looked at it a quarter of a century later and noted: "eF, R, pslbM; has a
small group of stars immediately preceding like the letter Y." The J2000.0
position from the Bologna group is 07 08 11.1, +50 40 53 which is in the
right direction from the NGC 2000.0 position to agree with the position
measured by Glen Deen in the course of his work on MicroSky. The group of
stars just west, shaped like the letter Y, clinches the identification, even
if the NGC position (from the Herschels) is not too good.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2326
17.5" (1/20/90): faint, fairly small, irregularly round, bright core. Four mag 12-12.5 stars in a group lie 3' W. Forms a pair with NGC 2326A 5' SE. Poor position given in the RNGC.