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NGC153
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:34:2.8
Declination: -9:42:18
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: pF, pS, R, * nr nf
Sub-type: SBbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 153 = NGC 151. Swift found four nebulae on the night of 9 August 1886
(N163, N217, and N7774 as well as N153) -- all have RA's in his list that are
10 - 15 seconds of time too large, though his declinations are pretty good.
As it happens, all but N7774 had been previously seen. Dreyer caught the
identities for two of the nebulae (N163 and N217), but not for N153. So, the
galaxy now has two NGC numbers.
N153 is sometimes taken to be the star just northeast of the galaxy. But this
can't be because Swift mentions that star in his description of the galaxy.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 153
See observing notes for NGC 151.