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NGC284

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:53:24.2
Declination: -13:9:30
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, 2nd of 4
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

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NGC 284

24" (10/5/13): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, 20"x15".  Collinear with NGC 285 1.4' E and NGC 283 2.7' W, all three similar in brightness.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.6' NW with MCG -02-03-032 2.4' NW.

17.5" (10/28/89): extremely faint, very small, round.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.6' NW.  Second of four similar galaxies with NGC 283 3' E, NGC 285 1.5' E and NGC 286 3' SE.