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NGC854

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:11:30.6
Declination: -35:50:8
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: cF, pS, lE 0°, gbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 854 17.5" (10/25/97): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated (PA uncertain), 0.8' diameter. A mag 13.5-14 star follows by 2.0'.