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NGC2508
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:1:57.1
Declination: +8:33:7
Constellation: CMI
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, vlE, 2 st p
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2508
17.5" (2/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, oval slightly elongated NW-SE, small bright core. Collinear with two mag 13.5 stars 0.8' WSW and 1.3' WSW of center.