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NGC2900

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:30:15.0
Declination: +4:8:37
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pL, R
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2900

17.5" (3/25/95): very faint, moderately large, 1.5' diameter, very low surface brightness, very weak concentration, ill-defined halo.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.0' SW of center.