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NGC 2588 (also OCL 715 and ESO 370-SC10) is a magnitude +11.8 open cluster located 16,145 light-years away in the constellation Puppis.
NGC 2588 is about 450 million years old.

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 16th February 1836. 

Right Ascension 08h 23m 09.5s, Declination -32° 58' 30"



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