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NGC2658

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:43:27.3
Declination: -32:39:22
Constellation: PYX
Visual Magnitude: 9.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pS, lRi, lC, iF, st 12·13
Sub-type: II2m

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2658

13.1" (2/25/84): 10 stars mag 11-14 resolved over haze in a 7' diameter.  A knot or double star is at the north edge.  Three mag 11 stars are off the south, southeast and east side but the remaining stars are mag 13-14.  Alpha Pyxidis (V = 3.7) lies 35' SSE.