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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
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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.)