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NGC394

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:8:26.1
Declination: +33:8:52
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, 50" nf II 218
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 394 24" (10/5/13): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.4'x0.2', small brighter core. Second brightest in a small triplet (KTG 3) with brighter NGC 392 1.0' SW and NGC 397 2.6' SSE. 17.5" (12/23/89): faint, small, oval NW-SE, small brighter core. In a group with NGC 392 1' SW and NGC 397 3' SSE.