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NGC2357

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:17:40.9
Declination: +23:21:23
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, L, mE, bM, F st inv
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2357

17.5" (1/19/91): faint, large, edge-on 6:1 NW-SE.  Appears as a very low surface brightness ghostly streak with no central condensation!  A mag 13 star is off the NW end 1.3' from center.