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NGC 2910 (also Collinder 209 and OCL 781) is a magnitude +7.2 open star cluster located 8,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. 

The cluster was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at the Cape of Good Hope on the 10th April 1834.

Right Ascension 09h 30m 29.0s, Declination -52° 54' 50"



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