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NGC2662

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:45:32.0
Declination: -15:7:16
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM, * 15 nr
Sub-type: E1

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2662.  JH's NPD is 10 arcmin too large.  The error was pointed out by Howe
and included in the Notes of the second IC.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2662

17.5" (3/12/94): fairly faint, very small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, sharp concentration with a very small high surface brightness core surrounded by a very faint halo.  A mag 14 star is 43" WNW of center.