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NGC2482

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 7:55:12.0
Declination: -24:15:30
Constellation: PUP
Visual Magnitude: 7.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: Cl, L, cRi, vlC
Sub-type: III1m

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2482 18" (3/2/08): distinctive group of 80-100 stars at 175x in a 10'-12' field. A long, rich string of stars oriented NW-SE passes through the middle of the cluster with arms or sprays of stars extending outwards from this string. The stars are fairly evenly distributed and similar in magnitude with several close doubles. A mag 8 star (HD 64820) is off the west side of the cluster. 13.1" (12/7/85): about 50 stars mag 10-14 in cluster. The bright stars from a "Y" asterism. Located 1.5¡ ENE of Xi Puppis.