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NGC2627

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:37:15.0
Declination: -29:57:18
Constellation: PYX
Visual Magnitude: 8.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, cL, pRi, pC, st 11…13
Sub-type: III2m

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2627

13.1" (1/18/85): about 45 stars mag 11-14 in a 10' region elongated E-W.  This is a rich and pretty cluster set over an unresolved background haze.  Located 40' SW of a mag 5 star.  Visible in a 16x80 finder.