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NGC305
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:56:21.0
Declination: +12:3:48
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1825
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, S, sc st
Sub-type: *Grp
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 305 is a small asterism of six or eight stars at JH's discovery position;
his description, "A small cluster of p closely scattered stars" confirms the
identification. RNGC incorrectly placed the NGC number on a nearby CGCG
galaxy. Unfortunately, PGC followed RNGC, so this number crept into RC3 as
well. Sigh.
The position depends a bit on exactly which stars are taken as members of the
asterism. Tom DeMary includes a few more than caught my eye at first, so his
position is about an arcminute different. But the identification as an
asterism is not in doubt.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 305
17.5" (9/26/92): small group of 7 stars in 3' diameter. Includes a mag 9.5 star. A small equilateral triangle of three mag 11-12 stars is just south. Unimpressive but fairly distinctive in a very sparse field. RNGC, PGC and RC 3 incorrectly equate NGC 305 with the galaxy UGC 571.