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NGC2645
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:39:3.1
Declination: -46:13:38
Constellation: VEL
Visual Magnitude: 7.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, S, st L and S
Sub-type: II2p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2645
14" (4/5/16 - Coonabarabran, 142x and 184x): bright compact group with a dozen stars packed into a 2' region. Contains 4 very bright stars forming a right angle, including a striking pair of mag 9 stars (HJ 4122) at 11" separation. A third mag 9 star is 1' W of the pair and another mag 9.5 star is 1' SSE. The latter star is also a double with a mag 10.5 companion at 16" separation. This knot of bright stars is situated 15' ENE of mag 6.9 HD 73658.