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NGC2312

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 6:58:47.0
Declination: +10:17:44
Constellation: MON
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, P
Sub-type: *Grp

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2312

17.5" (2/1/03): stands out reasonably well in the field at 140x with ~16 stars, highlighted by a mag 10 star at the south end.  The group is ~4'x1.5' in size, elongated N-S and includes a close, faint double on the NE end, which was noticed at 220x.  Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.