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NGC2791

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:15:1.9
Declination: +17:35:34
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, R
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2791

17.5" (1/28/89): extremely faint and small, round.  Forms a close "double" with a mag 15 star just 21" E of center.  First in a group with the NGC 2794/NGC 2795 pair 14' E.