NGC 8

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Double star
NGC 8
Observation
dates equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
AladinLite
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 00 h 08 m 45.3 s
declination + 23 ° 50 ′ 20 ″
Individual data
Names A; B.
Observation data:
Apparent brightness A. 15.2 mag
B. 16.5 mag
Other names
and catalog entries
Further designations: NGC  8, USNO-A2.0 1125-0057090, PGC  648, Holm 3B, GC  5082

NGC 8 is a double star in the constellation Pegasus . Viewed from Earth, it is about 3 arc minutes northwest of NGC 9 .

It was discovered on September 29, 1865 by the German-Baltic astronomer Otto Wilhelm von Struve .

Individual evidence

  1. NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. Seligman