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NGC2346
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:9:22.5
Declination: -0:48:22
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: * 10 nff with S, vF, neb
Sub-type: PN
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2346
17.5" (2/2/02): easily picked up at 100x as a fairly small, round halo surrounding a bright mag 11.5 star. Nice view at 280x and 380x. The halo is irregularly round, ~50"x45" with a slightly uneven surface brightness and it appears a bit thinner or pinched on the NW side. Modest contrast gain with a UHC filter at 100x-280x, although this object does not require a filter.
13" (1/11/86): bright mag 11.5 central star surrounded by fairly small, round disc. Located between two mag 13 stars 0.8' E and 1.2' W. View enhanced with Daystar 300 filter. Central star is the variable V651 Mon (mag 11.3-13.5).