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NGC2796

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:16:41.8
Declination: +30:54:58
Constellation: CNC
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, lbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2796

17.5" (4/6/02): fairly faint, slightly elongated, 0.8'x0.6', slightly brighter core, occasional stellar nucleus.  A close pair of mag 15 "stars" are 1' WSW of center - one of these is actually the compact galaxy PGC 3088981.  A similar galaxy just off the east side of the galaxy was not noted or assumed to be another faint star.