NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC2939
![](Images/negative_NGC2939-ngcicproject.jpg)
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:38:7.9
Declination: +9:31:25
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, vlE, bM, Δ st nf
Sub-type: Sbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2939
17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 2940 5.6' N. IC 548 lies 5.4' SSE (not seen).