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NGC2780
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:12:44.3
Declination: +34:55:32
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, S D * p
Sub-type: SB/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2780
17.5" (3/28/92): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 ~E-W, even surface brightness. A mag 12/13.5 double star at 15" separation in PA 90¡ is 1.8' WNW. Appears slightly larger than NGC 2778 7.3' NNW but has an lower surface brightness. This galaxy is the second brightest of three with NGC 2778 and NGC 2779.