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NGC186

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:38:25.2
Declination: +3:9:58
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, lbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 186 17.5" (10/8/88): faint, small, elongated NW-SE, stellar nucleus. Located between mag 6.4 SAO 109315 15' W and mag 7.4 SAO 109348 11' E. Member of the large NGC 182 group.