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NGC837

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:10:16.1
Declination: -22:25:53
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, mE 0°, * 10 n 1'
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 837

17.5" (10/8/94): very faint, small, elongated 5:3 N-S, 0.5'x0.3', no concentration.  A mag 12 star is 1.1' N.  Forms a pair with NGC 849 6.6' NNW.  NGC 836 lies 23' N.