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NGC2553

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:17:35.1
Declination: +20:54:12
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, glbM
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2553

17.5" (1/1/92): faint, small, round, gradually increases to small bright core, occasional faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is 2' ENE.  NGC 2556 lies 21' E.  Member of Cancer 1 galaxy cluster.