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NGC264
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:48:20.9
Declination: -38:14:4
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, vsm bM * 13
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 264
18" (11/22/08): fairly faint, small, elongated 4:3 WNW-ESE, 0.4'x0.3'. Contains a very small brighter core with direct vision. A group of 4 stars including mag 9 HD 4735 and nearly forming a trapezoid follows by ~6'.