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NGC2581

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:24:30.9
Declination: +18:35:49
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, vF * inv, F * att
Sub-type: SB?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2581

17.5" (1/1/92): faint, small, round, fairly low even surface brightness.  A mag 13 star is 2.0' N and a mag 14 star is 1.5' NE of center.  Outlying member of Cancer I galaxy cluster.  Incorrectly identified in the UGC, CGCG and MCG as IC 2351.