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NGC865

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:16:15.1
Declination: +28:36:3
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, iR
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 865

17.5" (12/8/90): fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on NNW-SSE, bright middle.  Located between a mag 11 star of the SSE end and a mag 13.5 star off the north end.