NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC720
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:53:0.4
Declination: -13:44:19
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pL, lE, psmbM
Sub-type: E5
Steve's Notes
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NGC 720
17.5" (9/26/92): bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 2.0'x1.0', well-defined very bright core with dimensions 40"x20". A very faint halo extends the major axis to almost 2' length.