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NGC2882

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 9:26:35.9
Declination: +7:57:15
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, E
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 2882

17.5" (4/13/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 E-W, almost even surface brightness.  A mag 13.5 star is 2.0' SE.  Located 16' N of mag 8.4 SAO 117694.