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NGC2670

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:45:30.0
Declination: -48:47:30
Constellation: VEL
Visual Magnitude: 7.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pL, P, lC, st 13…
Sub-type: II2p

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2670

13.1" (2/20/04 - Costa Rica): at 166x, this fairly bright open cluster has an unusual appearance.  Roughly two dozen stars mag 10-12 are arranged in a "wishbone" arrangement with a distinctive string of stars running SW-NE with the brightest mag 9 star on the SW end, with another string running E-W and a third side running N-S.  The group is ~6' in diameter.