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NGC770

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:59:13.5
Declination: +18:57:18
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, sp I 112
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 770 48" (11/1/13): bright, fairly small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, ~40"x32", very high surface brightness. Forms a double system 3.5' SSW of NGC 772, a showpiece spiral. 18" (12/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, increases to a small bright core. This is a companion to NGC 772 and may be the cause of its bright, disturbed spiral arm. 13.1": faint, very small, round, small bright core. Located 3.5' SSW of NGC 772.