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NGC2851
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:20:30.3
Declination: -16:29:43
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, pS, mE, f III 488
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2851
17.5" (3/28/87): fairly faint, small, elongated SSW-NNE. Forms a pair with NGC 2848 5.5' WSW.