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NGC229

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:43:4.7
Declination: +23:30:34
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1879
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, smaller of 2
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 229

17.5" (10/20/90): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, stellar nucleus.  In a quadruple group with NGC 228 2.5' W and CGCG 479-065 9' ESE.