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NGC2821

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:16:47.8
Declination: -26:49:0
Constellation: PYX
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, * 11 att
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2821

17.5" (3/25/95): faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 E-W, broad weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is attached just NW of the center.  A faint very close double star lies 1.8' W and a brighter mag 12 star is 2.0' N.