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NGC1779

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:5:18.0
Declination: -9:8:52
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, gpmbM
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1779

17.5" (12/8/90): fairly faint, fairly small.  Contains a small, well-defined, fairly bright oval core that's elongated 3:2 NW-SE, very faint oval halo.