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NGC2618

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:35:53.5
Declination: +0:42:28
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, iF
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2618.  See IC 518.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2618

17.5" (2/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, weak concentration.  Located along the south side of a trapezoid of mag 13-14 stars; closest is a mag 13 star 1' E.