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NGC232

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:42:45.7
Declination: -23:33:42
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, bMN
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 232

24" (12/22/14): at 260x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 24" diameter, weak concentration.  NGC 235/235B lies 2.0' NE and NGC 230 is 6' SW.

17.5" (12/3/88): faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  Forms a trio with NGC 235A/NGC 235B 2.5' NE.  Extremely difficult NGC 230 lies 6' SW (see notes of 10/4/97).