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NGC766

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:58:42.0
Declination: +8:20:50
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, * 11, 2', 75°
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 766

17.5" (12/23/92): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1' diameter, low even concentration, very small brighter core.  Forms the west vertex of isosceles triangle with a mag 11.5 star 2.4' NE and a mag 12 star 3.0' SE.