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NGC2998
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:48:43.6
Declination: +44:4:54
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pL, E 51°, bMN, r
Sub-type: SBc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2998. See NGC 3000, 3002, 3004, and 3008.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2998
48" (5/14/12): at 488x appeared bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, ~2.4'x1.2', well concentrated with a large bright core that gradually increases to the center. Weak spiral structure is evident at the SW and NE ends. Brightest in a quartet with NGCs 3005, 3006 and 3008. In addition, MCG +07-20-052 (misidentified as NGC 3002) lies 4.6' ESE.
17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, weak even concentration. A mag 11 star is 3.0' SW and a mag 13 star 1.9' NNW of center. Brightest in a group including NGC 3006 7' SE, NGC 3008 9.2' E and NGC 3005 6.4' NE.