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NGC2842

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:15:36.4
Declination: -63:4:10
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, vS, bet 2 st
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2842 24" (4/11/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.2'x0.8', sharply concentrated with a small, very bright core. A mag 12 star is at the west edge of the halo and a mag 14 star is at the SE edge. Located 3.7' SSW of a mag 9.7 star. NGC 2887 lies 1.1¡ SE.