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NGC2709
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 8:56:12.8
Declination: -3:14:33
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1852
Discovery aperture: 72.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, lE, nnf II 281
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2709
17.5" (2/13/88): very faint, very small, round, even surface brightness. Forms a pair with NGC 2708 7.1' SSW.