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NGC821
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:8:21.0
Declination: +10:59:39
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 10.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, vS, vlE, svmbM, * 10 np 1'
Sub-type: E6
Steve's Notes
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NGC 821
17.5" (12/18/89): fairly bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, very bright elongated core. Located just 1.1' SE of mag 10 SAO 92805!
8" (11/8/80): fairly faint, small, compact. A mag 10 star is just 1' NW.