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NGC23

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:9:53.3
Declination: +25:55:26
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: 3 S st + neb
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 23

17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated NNW-SSE, diffuse.  Unusual appearance as a mag 14 star is superimposed 26" SE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 26 9' SE.

8" (7/24/82): faint, small, elongated NW-SE, stellar nucleus.  A star is at the SE end.