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NGC24

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:9:56.1
Declination: -24:57:52
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, cL, mE, gbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 24

17.5" (8/2/86): moderately bright, pretty edge-on 5:1 SW-NE, 4.0'x0.8', large bright core.  A mag 12 star is just east of the NE edge.  This is a little-known striking spiral.