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NGC902

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 2:22:21.8
Declination: -16:40:44
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 902

17.5" (12/28/94): extremely faint, very small, round, 0.4' diameter, low surface brightness, no concentration.  A mag 13 star is 3.2' SSE of center.  Located 10' S of mag 7.8 SAO 148358. Appears fainter than listed V = 13.7.