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NGC883

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:19:5.2
Declination: -6:47:26
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, vlE, bM, D * nr
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 883

17.5" (12/4/93): moderately bright, fairly small, round, fairly high surface brightness, increases to small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.3' W and an uneven mag 10/12 double star at 30" separation is located 3' S.