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NGC2636

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:48:24.4
Declination: +73:40:18
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, 2 st 11·12 f
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2636

17.5" (3/20/93): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core, well-defined halo.  Located 5' W of a pair of mag 10/11 with a separation 1.2'.  Also located 12' SW of mag 7.7 SAO 6661.  The NGC 2634/NGC 2634A pair lies 17' N, NGC 2646 15' SE and IC 2389 8' SSW.