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NGC192

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:39:13.5
Declination: +0:51:51
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: F, pS, pmE, bM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 192 18" (11/23/05): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.3' or 1.0'x0.3'. Well concentrated with a small very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus. Brightest in the HCG 7 quartet with NGC 196, NGC 197 and NGC 201. 17.5" (10/8/88): brightest of four in the HCG 7 group. Moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated NNW-SSE, bright core. NGC 197 lies 2.1' NNE, NGC 196 3' N and NGC 201 5' ESE.