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NGC2740

Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:6:5.0
Declination: +51:44:8
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 14.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: Sab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2740
17.5" (4/5/97): very faint, small, round, 30" diameter. A mag 14 star is 35" SE of center. Forms a double system with NGC 2739 40" NW.