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NGC2590

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:25:2.0
Declination: -0:35:28
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1878
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F * inv in vF, vS, lE neb
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2590 = IC 507, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2590

17.5" (2/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on WSW-ENE, weak concentration.  A bright wide double star lies 15' NE (7.3/10 at 43").  Located 4.3' N of mag 9.6 SAO 135887.