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NGC2699

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:55:48.8
Declination: -3:7:38
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, * 15 np
Sub-type: E1

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2699.  See NGC 2700.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2699

17.5" (2/13/88): fairly faint, very small, round, bright core.  A mag 14.5-15.0 star is 0.9' NE of center (NGC 2700).  Forms a pair with NGC 2698 4.7' SW in the NGC 2695/NGC 2698 group.