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NGC2602

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 8:35:4.3
Declination: +52:49:53
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, * 95°
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 2602.  See NGC 2600.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2602

18" (3/13/10): extremely faint, very small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, 20"x14", low even surface brightness.  Located 2.5' WSW of a mag 10.7 star and 5.2' NW of NGC 2606 in a group of faint NGC galaxies.

17.5" (3/12/94): extremely faint and small, 15" diameter, possibly elongated.  Located 2.6' WSW of a mag 10.5 star.  Forms a pair with brighter NGC 2606 5.2' SE.