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NGC781

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:0:8.8
Declination: +12:39:20
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, stellar
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 781

17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.3', dominated by a round small bright core, much fainter extensions.