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NGC2811
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:16:11.2
Declination: -16:18:45
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 11.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pS, E, psmbM
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2811
18" (3/30/05): the first object I took a look at was SN 2005am in NGC 2811 discovered on February 22, 2005. The SN peaked near mag 13.5, but now appears significantly fainter. Coincidentally, the SN makes a very close pair with a brighter mag 14.5 star (less than 10"). Generally only this star was visible, but occasionally I could see a fainter companion close NE.
13.1" (12/22/84): moderately bright, edge-on streak 4:1 SSW-NNE, brighter core, stellar nucleus. A faint mag 14.5 star is embedded in the NE tip 0.6' from center.