NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC389

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:8:29.8
Declination: +39:41:42
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, * nr
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 389

17.5" (1/1/92): very faint, very small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, even surface brightness.  A mag 11 star is just off the NE edge 0.7' from center which detracts from viewing.  Forms a pair with NGC 393 3.3' SSE.