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NGC2574

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:20:48.1
Declination: -8:55:6
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, rr, * 7.5 nf 5'
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 2574. See NGC 2589.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2574 17.5" (2/1/92): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, low even surface brightness, no core. A trio of stars are at the south edge; a mag 11 star 1.4' SSE, a mag 13.5 star 1.3' S and a mag 13 star 1.2' SSW. Located 5' SW of mag 7.7 SAO 135801.