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NGC2668

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 8:49:22.5
Declination: +36:42:39
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1877
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, r
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2668 17.5" (3/20/93): very faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, low even surface brightness.