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NGC2561

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:19:36.7
Declination: +4:39:24
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, 2 st Δ
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2561 17.5" (3/7/92): faint, very small, round, faint stellar nucleus. Located 7' SW of mag 8.6 SAO 116633.