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NGC2488

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:1:45.6
Declination: +56:33:10
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, glbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2488 17.5" (1/19/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, bright core. UGC 4164, situated 6' NNE, appeared faint, small, slightly elongated, gradually increases to a bright core.