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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

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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.