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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
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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.