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NGC2572

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:21:24.7
Declination: +19:8:52
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1877
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, iF, * 13 att
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2572 17.5" (3/20/93): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, low even surface brightness. A mag 14 star is just off the SSW end 0.5' from the center.