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NGC88

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:21:22.0
Declination: -48:38:23
Constellation: PHE
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, 2nd of 4
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 88

30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 429x): faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, very small bright core.  An extremely faint star is attached at the SW end.  This galaxy is the faintest in the Phoenix Quartet (Rose 34) and centered in an equilateral triangle of galaxies with NGC 87 1.5' NW, NGC 92 1.9' NE and NGC 89 1.5' S.