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NGC2397
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 7:21:19.5
Declination: -69:0:5
Constellation: VOL
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 2397
24" (4/4/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 260x appears very bright, large, elongated nearly 5:2 NW-SE, ~2.4'x1.0', broadly concentrated to a brighter core and then rising quickly to a small, brighter nucleus. A mag 14.5 star is just off the east end 1' from the center. Forms a pair with NGC 2397A 7' S. Member of the NGC 2442 group (NGC 2442 lies 1.4¡ SE).