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NGC291

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:53:29.8
Declination: -8:46:3
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, lE, alm stellar
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 291

17.5" (10/5/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, very thin extensions.  Located 12' W of 21 Ceti (V = 6.2) at the edge of 220x field.