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NGC51

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:14:34.8
Declination: +48:15:22
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 51

17.5" (8/31/86): fairly faint, fairly small, round, small bright core.  A faint star is superimposed on SE edge (or a companion galaxy).  Brightest and last of six in the group.  Also the third of three NGC galaxies in the NGC 51 group.