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NGC79
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:21:2.8
Declination: +22:34:2
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, vlbM
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 79
18" (11/22/08): fairly faint, small, round, 25" diameter, broad weak concentration. This member of the NGC 80 cluster situated between NGC 86 located 6' E and IC 1542 located 5.2' WNW.
17.5" (9/19/87): faint, fairly small, almost round, broad concentration. Located at the NW end of the NGC 80 group 9.1' NW of NGC 83. NGC 80 lies 13' SSE.
13" (9/29/84): faint, very small, slightly elongated.