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NGC2679

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:51:32.9
Declination: +30:51:54
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, R, bM, D neb
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2679

17.5" (3/25/95): fairly faint, very small, round, compact appearance.  Has a fairly high surface brightness with a very small bright core.  A nice mag 12/13 double star at 12" separation lies 7' W.  Forms a double system with NGC 2680 attached at the east side within a common halo, just 0.2' between centers.