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NGC181
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:38:23.3
Declination: +29:28:24
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, eS, irr, vF * att
Sub-type: S?
Steve's Notes
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NGC 181
24" (9/15/12): fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, 0.6'x0.15'. Located 2.7' SSW of NGC 183. Second brightest in a trio of NGCs with NGC 184 3.1' SW. A mag 12.4 is near the midpoint of NGC 181 and 184. This trio is apparently in the foreground of Abell Galaxy Cluster 71.
18" (10/21/06): faint, small, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 0.5'x0.2'. In a trio with NGC 184 4' ESE and NGC 183 2.7' NE. A mag 12 star lies 1.5' SE
17.5" (10/17/87): very faint, small, round, diffuse. First of three with NGC 183 2.7' NE. Located 10' N of 30 Andromedae (V = 4.4). Member of AGC 71.