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NGC2755

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:7:58.3
Declination: +41:42:31
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iF, lbM, r
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2755

17.5" (4/5/97): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.8'.  Even surface brightness with no discernable core.  Collinear with a nice well-matched double 12' ENE [mag 11-12 stars at 21" separation].