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NGC2558

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:19:12.7
Declination: +20:30:41
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, sbM, stellar
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2558

18" (2/26/11): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 or 3:2 NNW-SSE, 32"x24", sharply concentrated with a 15" bright core.  Located south of the central region of the Cancer I cluster.

17.5" (1/1/92): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, gradually brighter halo, small bright core.  Member of Cancer I galaxy cluster.