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NGC42
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:12:56.3
Declination: +22:6:3
Constellation: PEG
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, stell
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 42
17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, very small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus, compact. Forms a pair with NGC 41 5' SSW.