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NGC830

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:8:58.7
Declination: -7:46:3
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, vS, R, 2nd of 3
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 830

17.5" (12/23/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:3 WNW-ESE, very small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Second of three and similar dimensions as NGC 829 4.5' WSW.  NGC 842 lies 12' E.