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NGC858

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:12:30.2
Declination: -22:28:17
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, R
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 858

17.5" (10/29/94): extremely faint, moderately large, round, 1.2' diameter, very low surface brightness.  Weak concentration at the center.  Located 8.5' W of a mag 10 star.  A faint companion off the east side was not seen.