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NGC779
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:59:42.6
Declination: -5:57:51
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 11.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, L, mE 162°, mbM
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 779
48" (10/24/14): extremely bright, very large, nearly edge-on 7:2 NNW-SSE, 3.5'x1.0'. Contains an intensely bright, mottled core and nucleus. The core is within a brighter, elongated "bar". The outer halo appears to extend further to the south with averted vision and bend slightly with respect to the central region. The northern end of the halo has a similar effect as if the galaxy is very slightly warped.
17.5" (11/27/92): bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE in PA 160¡, 3.0'x1.0', brighter core, substellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 4.6' SSW of center.
8" (10/13/81): fairly bright, bright core, edge-on N-S.