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NGC2844

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:21:48.0
Declination: +40:9:7
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, cS
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2844

13.1" (1/18/85): faint, very small, slightly elongated ~N-S, small brighter core.  Located 9' SSW of mag 7.0 SAO 42822 and 8' WSW of mag 7.7 SAO 42826.  The NGC 2852 and NGC 2853 pair lies 16' E.