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NGC76

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:19:37.7
Declination: +29:56:3
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, bM
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 76 24" (8/31/16): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, 30"x25", very small bright nucleus. Forms a close pair with MCG +05-01-073 1.1' E. The companion is very faint, small, round, 15" diameter, low surface brightness. A mag 15.0 star is 30" NE. Member of the NGC 68/70 Group (VV 166). 17.5" (8/27/87): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~E-W, small bright core.