893 891
Cet
☀14.7mag
Ø 36'' / 24''

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Francis Leavenworth discovered NGC 892 = LM 2-333 in 1886 with the 26" refractor at Leander McCormick Observatory. His position is 0.2 tmin west of ESO 478-026 = PGC 8926.

400/500mm - 17.5" (12/9/01): extremely faint, fairly small, low surface brightness, slightly elongated, 0.6'x0.4'.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb