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NGC398

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:8:53.6
Declination: +32:30:54
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 398

18" (11/18/06): very faint, very small, round, 10" diameter.  Member of the "Pisces Group" (z = 0.016), though located 20' NE of NGC 383.

17.5" (12/23/89): extremely faint and small, round, low surface brightness.  Requires averted to see well.  NGC 399 lies 7' NNE.