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NGC1812

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:8:52.8
Declination: -29:15:6
Constellation: COL
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, glbM, f of 2
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1812

17.5" (1/19/91): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 4:3 N-S, moderate concentration, very small bright core.  A mag 13 star lies 1.4' SW.  Forms a close pair with NGC 1811 2.7' SW.