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NGC2852

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:23:14.5
Declination: +40:9:52
Constellation: LYN
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, cS, R, * 10 p 2', 1st of 2
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2852 13.1" (1/18/85): extremely small, appears as a barely non-stellar "knot" forming a close pair with NGC 2853 2.5' NNE.