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NGC2379
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:27:26.2
Declination: +33:48:43
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS (δ)
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2379
18" (1/13/07): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 25" diameter, very small bright core, stellar nucleus. This compact galaxy has a fairly high surface brightenss. A mag 12.5 star lies 1' NW and a mag 11 star 3.6' NE. NGC 2375 lies 3.6' WNW.
13.1" (2/23/85): third of seven in the NGC 2389 group. Faint, extremely small, round. A mag 12.5 star is 1.0' WNW of center. NGC 2375 lies 3.7' W.