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NGC1827

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 5:10:4.4
Declination: -36:57:37
Constellation: COL
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, vmE, long ray, * 11 inv
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1827

17.5" (1/19/91): faint, fairly large, edge-on 5:1 WNW-ESE, even surface brightness.  Unusual appearance as a mag 11 star is superimposed on the east side of the center.  Member of the NGC 1792/1808 group.