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NGC2701
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:59:5.5
Declination: +53:46:14
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, fan-shaped, * 11 att
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2701
13.1" (2/23/85): fairly faint, almost even surface brightness. A mag 12 star on the northwest edge interferes with viewing the halo.