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NGC2522

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:6:13.5
Declination: +17:42:24
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, E, psbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2522

17.5" (11/2/91): fairly faint, small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, well concentrated with a small high surface brightness core which dominates view, very thin fainter extensions.  NGC 2530 lies 25' ENE.