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NGC2999
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 9:40:11.5
Declination: -50:19:13
Constellation: VEL
Visual Magnitude: 9.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, S, lRi, iF, st 12…15
Sub-type: I1p
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 2999 = NGC 2972. JH's place for N2999 is only approximate. He says,
"Observed for Dunlop 397, and place only rough. Possibly the same object
with Sw 680, No. 27, which see above (No. 3183 [= N2972])." This is an
entirely reasonable hypothesis, and JH's descriptions are the same, so I've
adopted the identity.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2999
See observing notes for NGC 2972.