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NGC2589

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:24:29.4
Declination: -8:46:4
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, lE
Sub-type: NF

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2589 is probably lost.  There are no bright galaxies near Swift's 
position, though NGC 2574 (4 minutes preceding and 9 arcmin south) is a 
possibility.  Given Swift's meager description, however -- "pF, pS, lE in 
meridian" -- this is little more than a guess.