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NGC2481
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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.