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NGC2728

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:1:40.9
Declination: +11:5:1
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, lE, f of 2
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2728

17.5" (3/29/89): very faint, fairly small, round, very small bright core, low surface brightness.  Located along the south side of a very thin triangle formed by three mag 11-12 stars including a mag 12 star 2' W and pair of mag 11 stars 2' NE.  Located 10' E of NGC 2725.