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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

===== 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.