NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC174

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:36:58.8
Declination: -29:28:40
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, vlE, am B st
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 174

17.5" (12/3/88): fairly faint, small, oval NW-SE, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is just off the SE edge.  Situated among a group of mag 10-11 stars including mag 9.5 SAO 166412 3' SW.