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NGC442

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:14:38.6
Declination: -1:1:14
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, B * sf
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 442 13.1" (9/3/86): Located 3.9' SW of 38 Ceti (V = 5.7). Fairly faint, small, bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 450.