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NGC2567

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:18:32.0
Declination: -30:38:24
Constellation: PUP
Visual Magnitude: 7.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pL, pRi, lC, iR, st 11…14
Sub-type: III2m

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2567

13.1" (3/24/84): about two dozen stars mostly mag 11-13 in 10' diameter elongated N-S.  Includes a long string oriented N-S on the east side.  On the SW wide is a "U" shaped group of brighter stars open to the north.  Mag 9.0 SAO 199057 lies 6' SW.  First in a group of four open clusters with NGC 2571 54' N, NGC 2580 44' NE and NGC 2587 93' NE.