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NGC2460

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:56:52.8
Declination: +60:20:58
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, S * in centre
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2460 13.1" (1/11/86): moderately bright, fairly small, bright core, diffuse halo, slightly elongated SW-NE. Forms a (probably interacting) pair with IC 2209 5' SW.