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NGC2584
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:23:15.5
Declination: -4:58:15
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, 2nd of 4
Sub-type: Sbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2584 is a minute west of its nominal position. See NGC 2586 for more.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2584
24" (2/16/15): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 0.6'x0.3', very weak concentration. Second in a string with NGC 2583 2.7' SW and NGC 2585 4.3' NE. Also MCG -01-22-007 and -006 are nearly in a line 2.9' and 4.1' NW.
17.5" (1/12/02): very faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, low surface brightness. Second of three with NGC 2583 2.7' SW and NGC 2585 4.3' NE.
17.5" (4/6/91): extremely faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, very low surface brightness. Collinear with NGC 2583 2.5' SW and NGC 2585 5' NE.