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NGC266

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:49:47.8
Declination: +32:16:39
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, lE, psbM, r, * 8 sf 4'
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 266

17.5" (11/25/87): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated ~E-W, bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located on the Andromeda border 4' N of mag 8.2 SAO 54174.