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NGC173

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:37:12.4
Declination: +1:56:32
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, vgbM, * 11 sp 80"
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 173

17.5" (10/8/88): fairly faint, fairly large, round, broad concentration.  Located midway between a mag 12 star 1.5' SW and a mag 13 star 1.6' NE.  Forms a pair with NGC 170 7.5' SW.