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NGC797

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:3:27.9
Declination: +38:7:3
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iR, sbM, * nr
Sub-type: SBa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 797.  See NGC 801.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 797

17.5" (11/14/87): moderately bright, small, slightly elongated, bright core, faint halo, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star is just 0.8' WNW of center and a brighter mag 13 star lies 1.7' ENE.  Forms a pair with NGC 801 9' NNE.