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NGC2653

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:54:55.5
Declination: +78:23:39
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information


Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, F * close n, I 288 s
Sub-type: *2

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 2653 is a double star. It was found and well-described by Tempel who placed it 12 arcmin north of NGC 2655. That is very close to the actual distance, and the identity is not in doubt. (Carlson notes that the Lick observers corrected the declination to 10 arcmin further north. There is a much fainter asterism in that position, but it does not have the eye-catching appearance of Tempel's double.)