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NGC315
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:57:49.0
Declination: +30:21:7
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 11.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, R, gbM, * 9 nf 3'
Sub-type: E2
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 315. See NGC 313, NGC 316, and NGC 318.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 315
17.5" (10/17/87): fairly bright, fairly small, oval 3:2 ~SW-NE, bright core, stellar nucleus. Located 3.5' NW of mag 8.5 SAO 54298. Brightest of three and at midpoint connecting NGC 311 6' SW and NGC 318 6' NE. A close faint double star is 1' NW of center = NGC 313.