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NGC250

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:47:16.0
Declination: +7:54:36
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, am 3 st
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 250.  Swift's position is over 4 arcmin to the east of the galaxy.  But 
his description of the galaxy, "eF, vS, R; in center of 3 sts in form of a 
right triangle" is exact and points us to the correct object.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 250

17.5" (10/8/88): faint, very small, almost round, faint stellar nucleus.  Located in the center of a small right triangle consisting of two mag 13.5 stars 2.1' NE and 2.8' NE and a mag 12.5 star 2.7' S.  Located 29' NW of mag 4.4 63 Psc.