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NGC787

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:0:48.6
Declination: -9:0:9
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Peters
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 13.5

Observational


Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 787 17.5" (12/4/93): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, 1.2'x0.8', broad concentration, stellar nucleus. A mag 13 star is 3' W of center. Located 4' NW of a mag 9.5 star.