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NGC2540

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:12:46.5
Declination: +26:21:41
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, iR, bM, r
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2540

17.5" (3/20/93): faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, fairly low surface brightness halo, weak concentration.  Situated within a triangle of mag 14 stars the closest being 1.3' W.  Located 8' NNE of mag 8.5 SAO 80013.