NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC857
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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.