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NGC2569
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:21:21.1
Declination: +20:52:5
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, cE, 3 vS st f
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2569
18" (2/26/11): faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, very small bright core in a fainter halo. A thin, distinctive triangle of mag 13 stars (separations roughly 12", 30", 30") is 1.5' following. Forms a pair with NGC 2570 2.6' N. Located 16' NE of mag 5.8 HD 69994.
17.5" (2/8/91): very faint, very small, round, small bright core in low surface brightness halo. A group of three mag 13 stars lie between 1.5'-2.0' E. Forms a pair with NGC 2570 2.6' N. Member of the Cancer I galaxy cluster.