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NGC322
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:57:10.0
Declination: -43:43:37
Constellation: PHE
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, lbM, 3 st p
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 322
30" (10/13/15 - OzSky): at 394x; moderately bright and large, very elongated 7:2 NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.25', contains a very small bright nucleus. PGC 95427, an extremely faint companion at the west edge [13" from center], was barely distinguishable from a very dim star. NGC 319 lies 7.1' SSW.
24" (10/5/13): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 5:3 NNW-SSE, 25"x15". A mag 13 star lies 1.4' SW. Brighter of a pair with NGC 319 7' SSW.