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NGC44
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:13:13.4
Declination: +31:17:12
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: *2
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 44 is a double star found by John Herschel. He describes it as "eF, vS;
not to be seen but in the clearest night." There is a very faint galaxy 8.4
arcmin south of Herschel's position, but the double is within 15 arcsec and
fits his description.