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NGC2507
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:1:37.1
Declination: +15:42:37
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, iR, vgbM, er, * 232°, 80"
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2507
24" (2/14/15): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated 0.6'x0.5'. Moderately concentrated to a small brighter nucleus. A very low surface brightness halo increases the size to 0.8'x0.7'. A mag 12 star is off the southwest side [1.3' from center]. A mag 15.5 star is at the southwest edge at 300-375x and a slightly fainter star is embedded on the north edge [just 18" from center!]. An HII region (or galaxy?) at the NE edge was not resolved.
NGC 2514 lies 18' NE (see notes) and CGCG 088-016 lies 15' W. At 322x, the CGCG appeared fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 27"x18", weak even concentration to a faint stellar nucleus, no distinct zones. A mag 10 star lies 1.8' NW.
17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, gradually brighter halo, stellar nucleus within slightly brighter core. A mag 11.5 star is 1.3' SW. NGC 2514 lies 18' NE.