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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

===== 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.