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NGC1797

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:7:44.9
Declination: -8:1:8
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, S, R, vF * np
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 1797.  See NGC 1392.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1797

17.5" (12/8/90): very faint, very small, round, very faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is just 48" NW of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 1799 3' N.