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NGC886
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:23:28.1
Declination: +63:46:16
Constellation: CAS
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1829
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, L, lC, sc, st 9…13
Sub-type: OCL
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 886. Thanks to a typo ("6" for "5"), this appeared in an earlier
unpublished errata list of mine as being equal to NGC 863. It is not, of
course.
It is actually a scattered cluster of about 20-30 stars centered near JH's
position. It's obvious on the POSS; nevertheless, RNGC chose to call it
"non-existent." See Brent's Monograph on the "non-existent" clusters for
more.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 886
17.5" (8/5/97): the most noticeable grouping in this area is a 6' scattered group which is arranged into a rough pentagon with a broad triangular "roof" forming the west side. Nearly all of the stars here form the border of this figure and it visually appears to be an asterism. The brightest member is mag 8.5 SAO 12256 at the north vertex and a nice collinear triple star (with a close pair at ~10") marks the SW vertex. Only a few mag 13 stars are in the interior of this figure. This object is plotted as Stock 6 on the U2000.