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NGC2651

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:43:55.1
Declination: +11:46:16
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, E
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2651

18" (3/11/07): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very low even surface brightness and requires averted vision.  Located 48' SW of 5.9-magnitude 50 Cancri.