NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC900
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 2:23:32.1
Declination: +26:30:43
Constellation: ARI
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
=====
NGC 900. See NGC 901.
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 900
17.5" (10/29/94): faint, small, round, 0.4' diameter, even concentration to a small bright core and stellar nucleus. Brighter of a close pair with NGC 901 2.8' NNE. Forms the east vertex of a "cross" asterism with three mag 11-13 stars 2.8' NW, 3.1' SW and 4.5' W. Almost collinear with a bright wide pair of mag 9-10 stars at 32" separation located 7' S.
17.5" (12/23/92): faint, small, round, weak even concentration, small brighter core. A mag 9.5 star is 7.5' S.