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NGC2541

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:14:40.0
Declination: +49:3:43
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, L, E, vgbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2541

13.1" (2/23/85): faint, fairly large, very diffuse halo, elongated NNW-SSE, weak concentration to an elongated core.  A mag 10 star lies 4.5' NNE.  In a group with NGC 2500 and NGC 2522.