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NGC2928

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:37:10.1
Declination: +16:58:39
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2928 24" (2/22/14): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 0.6'x0.4', weak concentration. Located 3.7' NW of a mag 10.4 star. On a line with NGC 2933 11' ENE and NGC 2943 (brightest in the group) 20' ENE. 17.5" (2/1/03): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 0.9'x0.5', low surface brightness, weak concentration. Located 3.7' NW of a mag 10.4 star. First in the NGC 2943 group which extends about 40' to the east.