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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
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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.