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NGC2790

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:15:2.7
Declination: +19:41:51
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, lbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2790

17.5" (3/12/94): very faint, very small, round, only 15"-20" diameter, weakly concentrated to a very small brighter core.  Located 1.3' SE of a mag 10.5 star which forms a wide unequal double with a 14th magnitude companion 24" N.