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NGC897

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:21:6.4
Declination: -33:43:15
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pB, S, R, psbM, * 10 f 35"
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 897 17.5" (10/8/94): fairly faint, fairly small, 0.8' diameter, small bright core. A mag 11 star is 44" E of center.