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NGC2562

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:20:23.5
Declination: +21:7:54
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, cS, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2562 18" (2/26/11): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 30"x24", contains a small bright core that gradually increases to the center. Forms a nice pair with brighter NGC 2563 4.7' SE. NGC 2560 lies 11' SW and UGC 4332 is a similar distance west. 17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, small, oval 3:2 N-S, halo brightens to a small bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 2563 4.7' SE. Member of Cancer I galaxy cluster.