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NGC257
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:48:1.6
Declination: +8:17:48
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pL, lE, gbM, r
Sub-type: Sc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 257
17.5" (10/8/88): fairly faint, moderately large, oval 3:2 ~E-W, weakly concentrated but no core.