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NGC2612

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:33:50.1
Declination: -13:10:27
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: B, S, E, psbM, bet 2 st
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2612

17.5" (2/1/92): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, small bright core, almost stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is 30" N of center and a mag 12 star is 1.2' S.  Appears to have a sharper light cutoff on the north side.