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NGC742

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:56:24.1
Declination: +5:37:33
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, sbM, f of 2
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 742.  See NGC 741 = IC 1751.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 742

24" (12/21/16): at 375x; fairly faint or moderately bright, small, round, 15" diameter, high surface brightness.  NGC 742 is 0.8' E of center of NGC 741 (closest companion) and lies near the edge its halo.

17.5" (11/6/93): faint, extremely small, round.  Located just off the east edge of NGC 741 in a common halo.  Clearly visible, though just 10"-15" diameter.