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NGC2980
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:43:11.9
Declination: -9:36:45
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, lE 0°, vglbM
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2980
17.5" (4/15/93): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, broad weak concentration. Pair with NGC 2978 8' S.