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NGC340
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:0:34.8
Declination: -6:51:58
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, E
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 340
17.5" (10/20/90): very faint, small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, bright core. First of six in the NGC 349 group with NGC 342 7' NE.