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NGC2761

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:7:30.7
Declination: +18:26:6
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2761

17.5" (3/12/94): faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, weak even concentration but no distinct nucleus.  Forms the vertex of an obtuse angle with two mag 13 stars 2.3' WNW and 1.9' S.  Located at the east end of a group including NGC 2744, NGC 2745, NGC 2747, NGC 2749, NGC 2751 and NGC 2752 viewed previously with the 13".