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NGC709

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:52:50.6
Declination: +36:13:23
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, bet 2 st, group sp
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 709

17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, elongated NW-SE.  Located almost at midpoint of a mag 12 star 1.9' SE and a mag 10 star 2.0' NW.  Located just north of the central core of AGC 262 with NGC 708 4.3' SSW and NGC 703 3.8' SW.