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NGC138

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:30:59.2
Declination: +5:9:35
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, eS, sbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 138

17.5" (10/8/88): fairly faint, small, oval N-S, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 1' N.  Brightest in a trio with NGC 141 5' ENE and NGC 139 5' SSE.