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NGC27

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:10:32.7
Declination: +28:59:49
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, E, B * nr
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 27 17.5" (10/8/94): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.4', broad concentration to a brighter core. Located 1.5' N of mag 9.5 SAO 73786. A wide pair of mag 13.5 stars are 1.4' NNW and 2.0' NNW. Forms a pair with UGC 105 10' SE. Alpheratz (Alpha Andromedae, V = 2.1) lies 28' WNW. 17.5" (10/17/87): faint, small, roundish, very small brighter core. Situated between two mag 13 and 14 stars.