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NGC293

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:54:16.0
Declination: -7:14:8
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 293

17.5" (10/13/90): extremely faint, very small, round, very low surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is off the SE end 1.1' from center.  Forms a pair with NGC 298 11' SE.