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NGC2480
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:57:10.6
Declination: +23:46:47
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1856
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, E npsf, close np h 473
Sub-type: SBcd
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2480
17.5" (2/20/88): very faint, very small, very elongated ~N-S, even surface brightness. Forms a pair with NGC 2481 1' SE.