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NGC279
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:52:8.9
Declination: -2:13:6
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, iR, bM, stellar
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 279
17.5" (10/20/90): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, small bright core, stellar nucleus.