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NGC2385

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 7:28:28.2
Declination: +33:50:17
Constellation: GEM
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2385

18" (1/13/07): faintest of trio with NGC 2389 7.7' ENE and NGC 2388 5.4' ESE.  At 280x appears faint, small, oval, 0.4'x0.3', low even surface brightness.

13.1" (2/23/85): extremely faint, very small, possibly elongated.  Located 5' W of NGC 2388.  Fourth of seven in the NGC 2389 group.