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NGC776

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:59:54.6
Declination: +23:38:39
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 776

17.5" (12/8/90): fairly faint, small, round, broad concentration, very faint stellar nucleus, halo fades into background.  A mag 15 star is 30" N.  Brightest of three with IC 180 2.6' SE and IC 181 2.0' NE.

IC 180 appeared very faint, small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE and IC 181 is extremely faint and small, round.