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NGC2657

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:45:15.8
Declination: +9:38:45
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, iR, F * att f
Sub-type: Sd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2657

17.5" (2/1/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, weak concentration.  Forms the vertex of a right triangle with a mag 12 star 2' SSW and a mag 13 star 3' SE.