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NGC2424

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:40:39.3
Declination: +39:14:0
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vE, pS, mE, lbM, r ?
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2424

17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, edge-on 5:1 WSW-ENE, very small bright core, faint stellar nucleus, very thin extensions from core.  Located 7' WNW of mag 7.8 SAO 60267.  The distant globular cluster NGC 2419 lies 37' SW.