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NGC2401
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:29:24.3
Declination: -13:58:0
Constellation: PUP
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Cl, S, cRi, cC, st vS
Sub-type: II3p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2401
18" (3/2/08): at 225x appears as a rich, glowing 1.5' knot with roughly a dozen very faint mag 14-14 stars peppered over the glow. Appears rich with averted but only partially resolved. A mag 7 star (HD 59543) is the field, 7' ESE. Situated in a rich Milky Way star field at 175x with a patchy background.
13.1" (1/11/86): About 7 very faint mag 13.5-15 stars resolved over haze, unimpressive. Located in a very rich field 7' W of mag 7.2 SAO 152963.