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NGC860

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:15:0.1
Declination: +30:46:46
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1871
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: * 13 in F neb
Sub-type: E4

Steve's Notes

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NGC 860

17.5" (11/26/94): very faint, extremely small, round, 10"-15" diameter.  With direct vision the small halo disappears and a tiny core with a stellar nucleus is visible.  A mag 15 star lies 1.9' SSE.  Located 9' ENE of mag 7.4 SAO 55373.