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NGC2646

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:50:21.8
Declination: +73:27:46
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, 2 F st 2'.5 sf
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2646

17.5" (1/12/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 0.8'x0.6'.  Weak, even concentration to center.  Located 2.5' NNW of a wide 40" pair of mag 11/12.5 stars.  In a group with IC 2389 11' NW, IC 520 14' ENE and NGC 2636 15' NW.

13.1" (1/11/86): fairly faint, small, round, faint star close south.