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NGC2706

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:56:12.3
Declination: -2:33:48
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, mE, * nr f
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2706

17.5" (2/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.25'.  A mag 12 star is close following the SSE tip 1.3' from center.