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NGC2887

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:23:24.3
Declination: -63:48:44
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, pmbM, B * nr
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2887 24" (4/11/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): bright, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, 1.2'x1.0', sharply concentrated with a very bright 25" core. Forms the SE vertex of an isosceles triangle with two mag 12/12.5 stars 1.3' WNW and 1.4' NNW. A couple of arc minutes SE is a short string of very faint stars. NGC 2842 lies 1.1¡ NW.