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NGC868

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:15:58.5
Declination: -0:42:46
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 868.  See NGC 863.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 868

17.5" (12/4/93): very faint, very small, round, low smooth surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.0' NE and a mag 11.5 star 3' NE.  NGC 863 lies 21' WSW.