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NGC2744
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:4:39.1
Declination: +18:27:51
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, r, D * nr
Sub-type: SBb/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2744
17.5" (4/6/02): fairly faint, fairly small. Elongated 4:3 ~WNW-ESE, although the appearance is asymmetric with an irregular outline and faint extensions visible with averted vision only. Weak concentration to an ill-defined core. A mag 13.5-14 star is at the east edge, 53" from center. Located 13' NW of NGC 2749 in a group. Difficult NGC 2745 lies 12' due south. The DSS image reveals a distorted, (possibly) interacting system with a very faint tidal plume to the north.
13" (12/22/84): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, diffuse, low even surface brightness. A mag 14 star is just 0.9' E of center. NGC 2749 lies 14' SE.