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NGC2988

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:46:47.8
Declination: +22:0:44
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, p h 634
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2988

17.5" (4/15/93): extremely faint, very small, round, cannot hold with averted but definitely seen, possibly elongated ~N-S.  Located just off the west side of NGC 2991.