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NGC2878

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:25:47.4
Declination: +2:5:24
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, vlE
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2878

17.5" (3/8/97): very faint, small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, unconcentrated.  Slightly lower surface brightness than NGC 2877 located 8.5' N.