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NGC300
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:54:53.3
Declination: -37:41:3
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 8.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: pB, vL, vmiE, vgpmbM
Sub-type: Scd
Steve's Notes
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NGC 300
13.1" (9/22/84): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 WNW-ESE, very diffuse, bright stellar nucleus. ÊThere is a hint of structure though the galaxy has a low surface brightness and at my observing location of +38.5¡ latitude was viewed at a low elevation (13¡ at best). ÊThis nearby galaxy is located at a distance of 6 million light years in the Sculptor group, and may be physically paired with NGC 55.
15x50 IS binoculars: (11/18/06): visible in binoculars as a relatively large, very low surface brightness hazy region, roughly 15' in size. ÊA star is superimposed on the SW side.