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NGC2884

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:26:24.5
Declination: -11:33:20
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, r?
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2884

13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, possible faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.3' W of center.  NGC 2889 lies 13' ESE.