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NGC849

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:10:11.2
Declination: -22:19:23
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R (? neb)
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 849

17.5" (10/8/94): extremely faint, small, round, 15" diameter, very low even surface brightness.  Forms a pair with NGC 837 6.6' SSE.  NGC 836 lies 16' NNE.