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NGC2898

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:29:46.3
Declination: +2:3:54
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, lE
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2898 17.5" (3/7/92): faint, very small, round, faint substellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 2897 8' N.