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NGC1794

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:7:55.1
Declination: -18:11:24
Constellation: LEP
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, gbM (? = III 268)
Sub-type: SB0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1794 = NGC 1781, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1794

17.5" (1/20/90): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star is 1.2' SSE of center.  Located 10' SW of mag 8.0 SAO 150172.  Identified as NGC 1781 on the U2000.