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NGC379
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:7:15.7
Declination: +32:31:13
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 379
18" (11/18/06): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.8'x0.5', broad concentration with a slightly brighter core. Forms a similar pair with NGC 380 2.3' S. This galaxy is at the north end of the Pisces Group centered on NGC 383 and is one of 11 NGC galaxies viewed in the field at 280x!
17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated ~N-S, even surface brightness. Forms a pair with similar NGC 380 2' S in the NGC 383 group.
13" (9/29/84): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated N-S, bright core.