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NGC2768
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:11:37.4
Declination: +60:2:11
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 9.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, cL, lE, psbMLBN
Sub-type: E6
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2768
17.5" (3/28/92): very bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 E-W, faint halo extends to 3.0'x1.5' with averted. The halo increases to a very bright core with a high surface brightness and a stellar nucleus. Several bright stars are in the field including two mag 10 stars 3.5' WNW and 4.7' N of center.
8": fairly bright, elongated, bright core. Located 15' SE of a wide mag 8/9 pair.