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NGC898

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:23:20.2
Declination: +41:57:6
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, lE
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 898

13.1" (11/13/82): fairly faint, very elongated ~N-S.  Located 10' SSW of mag 6.7 SAO 38002 within AGC 347.  NGC 911 lies 19' E.  Incorrect identification in the RNGC.