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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
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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.