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NGC2609
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:29:30.0
Declination: -61:6:36
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pS, lRi, lC
Sub-type: OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2609
14" (4/5/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x): fairly faint and sparcely populated cluster of 12-15 stars in a 6' circle. Most of the stars are arranged in a 5'x2' region elongated N-S. Contains a nice double HJ 4108 = 9.6/10.6 at 20" with a wider and fainter pair (10.9/11.6 at 26") about 2' SE. A mag 9.0 star (HD 72287) lies ~6' W and additional mag 10 stars lie with 10' to the NNW and SSW.