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NGC754

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:54:20.8
Declination: -56:45:40
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 754 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, 40"x35", weak concentration to a slightly brighter core. Located 4.5' SSE of brighter NGC 745. Two mag 10 stars lie 5' E and NE and a third mag 11.3 star is 4' NNE.