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NGC2505
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:4:6.7
Declination: +53:32:59
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2505
17.5" (1/19/91): faint, fairly small, oval 2:1 N-S, very small brighter nucleus. Located 10' SW of mag 7.1 SAO 26650 at the edge of the 220x field.