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NGC2544

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:21:40.3
Declination: +73:59:18
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, sev B st around
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2544

17.5" (12/23/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, brighter core.  Located 5.5' SW of a mag 9.5 star.  Forms a close pair with MCG +12-08-035 1.3' ENE.  NGC 2550 lies 12' ENE.