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NGC2599

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:32:11.2
Declination: +22:33:39
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, stellar
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2599.  See NGC 2600.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2599

17.5" (3/28/92): fairly faint, small, round, small high surface brightness core, stellar nucleus embedded, only a small halo visible.