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NGC2620

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:37:28.3
Declination: +24:56:49
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Lassell
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, E
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2620

17.5" (1/1/92): very faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W, low even surface brightness.  A mag 15 star is 30" N of center.  Forms a close pair with NGC 2621 4.0' NE.  NGC 2622 lies 10' ESE.