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NGC2583
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:23:7.9
Declination: -5:0:9
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, sbMN, 1st of 4
Sub-type: E0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2583 is a minute west of its nominal position. See NGC 2586 for more.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2583
24" (2/16/15): fairly faint, small, round, 30" diameter, well concentration with a very small bright nucleus. Forms east vertex of a thin, isosceles triangle with two mag 14 stars 1.5' W [20" separation]. MCG -01-22-007 and -006 lies ~4' NNW.
17.5" (1/12/02): faint, small, round, 40" diameter, bright core, crisp-edge to halo. A 20" pair of mag 14.5/15 star is just 1.5' W. First of three on a SW-NE line with NGC 2584 2.7' NE and NGC 2585 6.9' NE.
17.5" (4/6/91): very faint, very small, round, strong concentration with very small bright core, stellar nucleus. A faint mag 14/14 double star with separation 20" oriented N-S lies 1.5' W. First of three on a line with NGC 2584 2.5' NE and NGC 2585 7' NE.