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NGC908

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 2:23:4.6
Declination: -21:14:0
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 10.2

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: cB, vL, E
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 908 17.5" (12/4/93): fairly bright, large, elongated 4.5'x2.0' WSW-ENE. The brighter middle has an irregular surface brightness and a faint star or knot is just west of the geometric center [this is probably the nucleus]. A mag 14 star is just south of the following end. Four mag 11-12.5 stars lie 3' to 5' N and form a trapezoid with parallel bases oriented E-W. 8": fairly bright, large, elongated E-W.