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NGC823

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:7:20.0
Declination: -25:26:30
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vF D * inv
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 823 = IC 1782, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 823

17.5" (10/8/94): faint, very small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 0.3'x0.2' although with averted vision the outer halo doubles in diameter.  Unusual appearance as a mag 13 star is attached at the east end and the galaxy appears a "fuzzy" component just west of the star.  Located 4' N of a mag 10 star.