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NGC2596
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:27:26.6
Declination: +17:17:4
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, lE
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2596
17.5" (1/1/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, weak concentration. A small group of five stars lies about 2' E including a close unequal double star (11.5/13.5 at 9" in PA 90¡). NGC 2593 lies 11' SE.