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NGC2638

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:42:25.8
Declination: +37:13:15
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, iF
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2638

17.5" (3/28/92): fairly faint, small, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, small bright core, faint extensions.  The major axis is almost collinear with a mag 12 star 1.6' ENE of center.