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NGC720

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.