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NGC245

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:46:5.5
Declination: -1:43:24
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, iF, er
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 245

17.5" (10/8/88): moderately bright, moderately large, slightly elongated ~E-W, stellar nucleus.  A pair of stars mag 13.5 and 14.5 with a separation of 35" lie 1.5' S.

13" (9/29/84): moderately bright, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, star superimposed or faint stellar nucleus.