NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC262
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:48:47.1
Declination: +31:57:27
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R, v diffic
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
=====
NGC 262
24" (11/24/14): moderately bright, small, round, dominated by a high surface brightness core that increases to the center, very low surface brightness halo, ~25" diameter. Forms a pair with 2MASX J00485285+3157309 = PGC 212600 just 1.2' E. The companion appeared very faint, round, just 10" diameter. It was too faint (V = 15.4) for any details.
17.5" (11/25/87): faint, small, round, bright core. Contains a faint stellar nucleus about 15th magnitude.