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NGC2827

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:19:18.9
Declination: +33:52:51
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney J.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, 1st of 3
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2827 = IC 2460, which see.  Also see NGC 2832.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2827

17.5" (3/12/94): extremely faint, small, elongated 3:2 N-S, low surface brightness, no central concentration.  A mag 14 star is 1.3' NNW.  Forms a pair with NGC 2828 3.3' ENE.  Located at the north side of the core of AGC 779.