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NGC431

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:14:4.6
Declination: +33:42:19
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, vsbM
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 431

17.5" (12/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 2.5' SW of a mag 10.5 star.