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NGC2918

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:35:44.0
Declination: +31:42:19
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, R, sbMN
Sub-type: E3

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2918.  See NGC 2901.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2918

17.5" (3/12/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.8', bright core has a slight even concentration down to an occasional faint stellar nucleus.  Located at midpoint of two mag 13.5 stars 2.5' S and 2.5' N.