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NGC1879
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 5:19:48.1
Declination: -32:8:33
Constellation: COL
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, L, R, vgvlbM, * 12 p
Sub-type: SBm
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1879
17.5" (1/19/91): faint, moderately large, almost round, low even surface brightness. Located 3.3' SE of mag 9.8 SAO 195756.