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NGC2373

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:26:36.9
Declination: +33:49:27
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1849
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS (ΞΆ in Ld R's diag)
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2373 18" (1/13/07): faint, very small, round, 20". A mag 12.7 star is just off the NE side 24" from the center. Located 6.8' W of NGC 2375 in the NGC 2389 cluster. 13.1" (2/23/85): faint, elongated, small. A mag 13 star is at the NE edge. Forms a trio with NGC 2375 6.7' E and NGC 2379 10' E. First of seven in the NGC 2389 group.