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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
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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.