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NGC2919

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:34:47.6
Declination: +10:17:2
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1877
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: F, pS
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2919 17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NNW-SSE, halo gradually brightens. Flanked by two mag 13.5 stars 2.0' E and 2.0' N of center. Two mag 9.5 stars are about 5' SE. NGC 2911 lies 18' WSW. 13.1" (4/29/84): faint, very elongated NNW-SSE. Located 17' ENE of NGC 2911.