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NGC804

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:4:2.2
Declination: +30:49:57
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, lbM
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 804 = IC 1773, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 804

17.5" (11/26/94): faint, small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, very small brighter core with thin faint extensions.  Two mag 11.5 stars are 1.9' WSW and 3.5' SW of center.  UGC 1577 lies 27' NE.