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NGC2624
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:38:9.6
Declination: +19:43:34
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF
Sub-type: S
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2624
18" (1/13/07): fairly faint, small, round, 25" diameter, weak concentration. A mag 15.5 star is close southwest. Brighter of a pair with NGC 2625 just 3.2' ESE. Located on the northwest side of the Beehive cluster.
17.5" (12/19/87): faint, very small, round, bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 2625 3.3' ESE. Located 7.6' E of mag 8.3 SAO 97973 on the NW edge of M44 = Beehive cluster.