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NGC2576

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:22:57.8
Declination: +25:44:22
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, stellar
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2576

17.5" (1/1/92): very faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, weak concentration with thin extensions.  Located 3.2' E of mag 8.2 SAO 80137 3.2' W.  A mag 10.5 star is just 1.7' SSE.