NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC2518
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:7:20.2
Declination: +51:7:56
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Lohse
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 15.5
Observational
Summary description: Two neb, F, L, R, gbM, Δα = 42s
Sub-type: E-S0
Corwin's Notes
=====
NGC 2518 and NGC 2519 were "Two nebulae, F, L, R, gbM, delta RA = 42 seconds"
found by J. G. Lohse. There is only one galaxy (UGC 4221) in the field about
an arcmin from Lohse's position, but 39 seconds following it is a 14th
magnitude star with 3 fainter stars in a triangle to the northwest. The
asterism is about the size of the galaxy (35-40 arcsec across), and may be the
object that Lohse saw. In any case, there is no other candidate object in the
field. I've listed the position of the brighter star.
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 2518
17.5" (1/19/91): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.