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NGC170

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:36:45.9
Declination: +1:53:11
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 170 17.5" (10/8/88): very faint, very small, round. Located 2.0' NW of mag 9.0 SAO 109310 and 7.5' SW of NGC 173.