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NGC2342

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:9:18.1
Declination: +20:38:13
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, lE, vlbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2342

17.5" (1/20/90): moderately bright, moderately large, irregularly round, slightly elongated SW-NE, slightly brighter along major axis but no core.  Forms a pair with NGC 2341 2.5' WSW.