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NGC878
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:17:54.2
Declination: -23:23:4
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 878
17.5" (12/28/94): faint, small, round, 30" diameter, low even surface brightness. A mag 12.5 star is 3.0' ENE of center.