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NGC2708

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:56:7.9
Declination: -3:21:38
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, E, 2 st nr
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2708 is probably also NGC 2727, which see.  Also see IC 2425 for a brief
mention.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2708

17.5" (2/13/88): moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is 0.9' NE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 2709 7.1' NNE.