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NGC2760

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:15:41.9
Declination: +76:22:57
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, nearly bet * 8 ___DREYER___ * 9
Sub-type: NF

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 2760 might possibly be CGCG 350-021 -- there is certainly nothing near Swift's position that matches his description. In particular, he notes "nearly between *8 and *9." The stars flanking the CGCG object are at least two magnitudes fainter, so I don't want to push this identification too hard. The galaxy is also quite faint, and of pretty low surface brightness with no nucleus. This does not look to me like a galaxy that Swift could picked up easily. Coming back to this in 2014, I wonder if the correct object is CGCG 350-016. It's about half a degree south of Swift's position, and 1 min 30 sec west. The stars he mentions would then be at 09 14 18.5, +76 04 08 and 09 14 24.5, +75 50 53 (both J2000), well within his large 33-arcminute field. This, too, is a faint galaxy, but the surface brightness is at least "normal", so it would stand a better chance of being picked up in a sweep. But this also has to carry at least one question mark -- the position is well off in both coordinates.