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NGC239

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:44:37.5
Declination: -3:45:36
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pF, pS, E 20°, bMN, * 8 f 20s
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 239 17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 3:2 NNW-SSE, broad concentration. A mag 12 star is 2.6' E of center.