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NGC2766

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:8:47.4
Declination: +29:51:55
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, iF, bM
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2766

17.5" (4/6/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.4', slightly brighter roundish core.  A wide pair of mag 13 stars follows (closer one is 1.6' E of center).  Located 16' NE of mag 5.4 Tau Cancri.