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NGC842

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:9:50.7
Declination: -7:45:45
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, psbM, 3rd of 3
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 842 17.5" (12/23/92): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE in direction of a mag 13 star 1.5' SE, very small bright core, stellar nucleus. Third of three with NGC 830 12' W and NGC 829 16' W.