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NGC876

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:17:53.2
Declination: +14:31:16
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R, 107" sp h 210
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 876

17.5" (12/18/89): extremely faint, visible for moments with averted, very small, almost round.  A pair of mag 14.5 stars lie 1.5' S.  Located just 2' SW of NGC 877 and 4' NW of mag 8 SAO 92878.