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NGC2587

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:23:24.0
Declination: -29:30:31
Constellation: PUP
Visual Magnitude: 9.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pmCM, iF, st 9…13
Sub-type: II1p

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2587

13.1" (3/24/84): 15 faint stars over haze in a 5' diameter extended N-S with mag 9 SAO 17537 at the SE edge.  A mag 11.5 star is at the north edge but most members are mag 12-13.