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NGC2945

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:37:41.0
Declination: -22:2:4
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, glbM, 2 or 3 S st nr
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2945

17.5" (3/8/97): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, broad concentration with no nucleus.  A mag 14 star follows 1.1' E of center and a mag 15 star is off the west end 0.8' from center.