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NGC2591

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:37:25.5
Declination: +78:1:32
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, E, lbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2591

17.5" (2/1/92): faint, narrow edge-on 6:1 SW-NE, 2.4'x0.4', brighter middle, very thin faint extensions.  A mag 14 star is just off the SW tip 1.4' from center.