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NGC2492
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:59:29.7
Declination: +27:1:35
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, bM, f of 2
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2492
17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 2490 4.0' NW.