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NGC857

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:12:37.0
Declination: -31:56:40
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: cB, S, E, psmbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 857

17.5" (12/28/94): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter.  Sharp concentration with a very small bright core surrounded by a very faint halo.  A mag 13.5 star is 2.8' NNW.