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NGC790

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:1:21.6
Declination: -5:22:14
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: cF, cS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 790 17.5" (12/8/90): fairly faint, fairly small, round, small bright core, strong stellar nucleus.