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NGC2538

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:11:23.0
Declination: +3:37:59
Constellation: CMI
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1877
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, mbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2538

17.5" (2/13/88): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core.  Located between a mag 14 star 0.9' NW and a mag 12 star 1.7' SE.  A faint double star mag 14/15 is just 1.2' E.