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NGC2855

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:21:27.5
Declination: -11:54:37
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, R, gmbMN
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2855

13.1" (4/10/86): moderately large, diffuse halo rising to a sharp, bright core with a brighter nucleus.

13.1" (12/22/84): fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, small bright core.  Located 4' S of mag 8.8 SAO 155121.