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NGC2481

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:57:13.7
Declination: +23:46:3
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, S, lE, bM, er
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2481

17.5" (2/20/88): moderately bright, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Forms a close pair with NGC 2480 1' NW.