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NGC2549

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:18:58.3
Declination: +57:48:11
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, mE 0°, psmbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2549

13.1" (1/18/85): fairly bright, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 N-S, 2.0'x0.5', very bright core, stellar or almost stellar nucleus.  Located 10' WNW of mag 5.9 30 Lyncis.