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NGC2836

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:13:45.3
Declination: -69:19:59
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, R, glbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2836

24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly faint, moderately large, ~1.0'x0.7'.  Located 23' N of mag 1.7 Beta Carinae (Miaplacidus) and 18' N of NGC 2822 in a rich Milky Way star field.  Unusual appearance with many nearby stars including at least one superimposed mag 16 star.