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NGC2498
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:59:38.7
Declination: +24:59:0
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, bMN
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2498
17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, fairly small, small bright core, elongated NW-SE, faint stellar nucleus. NGC 2486 lies 20' NW.