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NGC2456

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:54:10.7
Declination: +55:29:43
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, R, vgbM
Sub-type: E3

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2456.  See NGC 2457.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2456

17.5" (1/19/91): faint, small, slightly elongated, broad mild concentration.  A mag 14 star is 1.2' SSE.  Forms a pair with NGC 2457 5' ENE.