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NGC2510

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:2:10.5
Declination: +9:29:10
Constellation: CMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1851
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: γ in Lord Rosse's diagram
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2510 24" (3/22/14): faint to fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, ~40"x25", fairly low even surface brightness. First of 5 with NGC 2511 5.6' SSE, NGC 2513 5.6' SE, CGCG 59-27 6.7' ENE and PGC 1364011 7.5' S. 17.5" (2/13/88): faint, fairly small, irregularly round, even surface brightness. Similar size to NGC 2513 5.6' SE but lower surface brightness. In a group of five with NGC 2511 5.6' SSE.