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NGC2770
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:9:33.5
Declination: +33:7:27
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, L, mE 150°, r, 2 st n
Sub-type: Sc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2770
17.5" (4/6/02): fairly faint but surprisingly large, nearly edge-on 7:2 NW-SE, 3.0'x0.9', weak broad concentration. Fairly low but uneven surface brightness with an impression of mottling. A mag 12 star is 2' N and a mag 13 star 1.7' NE of center.
NGC 2770 hosted three Type 1b supernovae in a 10-year period: SN 1999eh, SN 2007uy and SN 2008D