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NGC272

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:51:26.0
Declination: +35:49:18
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 8.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: Cl, L, lC
Sub-type: *Grp

Steve's Notes

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NGC 272

17.5" (9/26/92): 9 stars in a 5' diameter forming a "hook" asterism.  Includes a mag 9 star and a close double star.  Appears to be fully resolved and only an unimpressive, scattered asterism.