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NGC2608

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:35:17.2
Declination: +28:28:24
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, vlE, mbM, r
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2608

17.5" (5/19/01): Supernova 2001 bg (discovered on May 8, 2001) visible as a mag 14 star at the southeast edge of the galaxy [22" E and 19" S of center].

13" (1/18/85): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, small bright core. Two mag 11 and 12.5 stars are 5' S with separation 1.3'.  NGC 2619 lies 33' ENE.