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NGC2721

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:58:56.5
Declination: -4:54:5
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pL, R, vgbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2721

17.5" (2/13/88): moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, large brighter core.  Located 15' E of mag 6.6 SAO 136450.  The RNGC declination is 18' too far north.