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NGC809

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:4:18.9
Declination: -8:44:6
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 809 17.5" (12/23/92): faint, very small, round, very small brighter core, stellar nucleus.