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NGC86
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:21:28.6
Declination: +22:33:23
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, lbM
Sub-type: S?
Steve's Notes
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NGC 86
18" (11/22/08): this member of the NGC 80 group appeared faint, very small, elongated 3:2 N-S, ~20"x14". Elongated in the direction of a mag 12.5 star located just 0.7' S of center. NGC 85 lies 2.8' S.
17.5" (9/19/87): faint, very small, elongated ~N-S. A mag 12.5 star is 35" S. MCG +04-02-010 (incorrectly identified in RNGC as NGC 84) lies 2.2' NNE. Located 4' N of NGC 85 in the NGC 80 group.
13" (9/29/84): extremely faint, very small, round. A mag 13 star is close S.