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NGC778
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:0:19.4
Declination: +31:18:47
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Safford
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 18.5
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R, lbM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 778
24" (11/24/14): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, ~30"x20", weak concentration. A mag 8.7 star is 3' NE. Second brightest in a trio with brighter NGC 777 7' N and much fainter KUG 0156+310 = PGC 74060 6' W. The latter was an extremely faint 8" glow just north of a mag 13-13.5 star.
13.1" (8/24/84): faint, very small, slightly elongated. Located within a bright trapezoid formed by two mag 9 stars 7' N and 4.8' NW (SAO 55174), mag 8.5 SAO 55185 3.0' NE and a mag 10.5 star 2.8' WSW. Forms a pair with NGC 777 7' NNW.