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NGC2929

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:37:29.7
Declination: +23:9:40
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, lE, vlbM, 1st of 3
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 2929 17.5" (4/15/93): first and largest of a close trio in a line. Faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.3'. A mag 13 star is 1.7' NW. Located 10' NE of mag 7.1 SAO 80931 at the edge of the field. NGC 2930 lies 2.8' NNE and similar brightness to NGC 2931 5' NNE.