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NGC2904

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:30:16.9
Declination: -30:23:6
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, lE, psbM
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2904

17.5" (2/1/03): fairly faint, fairly small, 3:2 oval E-W, 0.8'x0.5'.  Contains a brighter core with a very thin outer envelope.  Located 4' W of mag 8.8 SAO 200441 and 15' S of mag 7.7 SAO 177562.  There are several ESO galaxies within 20' which I didn't search for.