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NGC727

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:53:49.3
Declination: -35:51:21
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, bM
Sub-type: SBab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 727 = NGC 729, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 727

18" (12/3/05): extremely faint, very small, round, appears as a low surface brightness hazy spot with averted, no details.

18" (11/6/04): extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, low surface brightness.  Collinear with two mag 11 and 12 stars 5' NE and 10' NE.