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NGC768

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:58:40.8
Declination: +0:31:44
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, R, * 8 f 30s
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 768 24" (12/22/14): fairly faint to moderately bright, elongated at least 2:1 SSW-NNE, 40"x18", brighter along a the major axis (elongated core or bar?). A mag 15.7 star is 50" E of center and a mag 14.5 star is 2' NE. IC 1761 lies 3.7' NE, with the mag 14.5 star nearly at the midpoint. IC 1761 appeared faint to fairly faint, small, round 12" diameter (only the core seen with certainty). 17.5" (12/8/90): extremely faint, very small, round. Located 8' W of mag 8.2 SAO 110258.