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NGC48

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:14:2.1
Declination: +48:14:6
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pL, R, v diffic
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 48

17.5" (8/31/86): third and largest of six in a group (first of three NGC galaxies with NGC 49 and NGC 51 along with the IC trio 1534/1535/1536!).  Fairly faint, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, even surface brightness, diffuse.  Lower surface brightness than NGC 49 and NGC 51 but larger.