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NGC438

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:13:34.3
Declination: -37:54:5
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, glbM
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 438

17.5" (10/4/97): faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, weak even concentration.  Situated just following the midpoint of two mag 13 stars 3.1' SSE and 2.8' NNE.  NGC 424 lies 27' SW.