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NGC2486
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:57:56.5
Declination: +25:9:40
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, psbM
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2486
17.5" (2/20/88): faint, fairly small, oval E-W, broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 2487 5' ESE.