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NGC240

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 0:45:1.9
Declination: +6:6:46
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, * nr s
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 240 17.5" (10/8/88): faint, small, oval 4:3 ~E-W, small bright core. A mag 14 star is 1.2' SSE of center.