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NGC829

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:8:42.2
Declination: -7:47:25
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, * 11 s, 1st of 3
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 829

17.5" (12/23/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WSW-ENE.  A mag 11 star is 0.9' SE.  First of three and similar shape as NGC 830 4.5' ENE but only a weak concentration.  NGC 842 lies 16' E.