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NGC2380

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:23:54.5
Declination: -27:31:43
Constellation: CMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pF, pS, R, vsmbM, am st
Sub-type: SB0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 2380 = NGC 2382, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2380 17.5" (1/1/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, compact but fairly high surface brightness, appears out of place in very rich Milky Way field. Located only 5.7¡ from the galactic equator!