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NGC2691

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:54:46.3
Declination: +39:32:21
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, vS, mbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2691

17.5" (2/9/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~3:2 N-S, 0.7'x0.4', weak concentration to a very small brighter core.  Bracketed by a mag 13 star 0.9' N and a mag 12 star 2.5' SW.  NGC 2704 lies 25' ESE.