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NGC2841

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:22:2.3
Declination: +50:58:35
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 9.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vB, L, vmE 151°, vsmbM = * 10
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2841

13.1" (1/18/85): bright, large, very small very bright nucleus, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 6'x3'.  There is a sharp light cut-off on the east side due to dust.  A mag 10 star is at the NW edge 2.8' from center and mag 8.6 SAO 27227 lies 4.8' NE.