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NGC2490
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:59:17.9
Declination: +27:4:40
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 14.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1857
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, * 13 1' f, p of 2
Sub-type: C
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2490
17.5" (2/20/88): very faint, very small, round, even surface brightness. A mag 13.5 star is just 0.7' E. Located 4.0' NW of brighter NGC 2492.