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NGC342

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:0:49.8
Declination: -6:46:20
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: E5

Steve's Notes

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NGC 342

17.5" (10/20/90): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, weak concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 340 7' SW and second of six in the NGC 349 group.  Located 11' WNW of mag 7.2 SAO 129088.