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NGC324
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 0:57:14.6
Declination: -40:57:34
Constellation: PHE
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: (?), F, S, stellar
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 324. John Herschel's observation reads: "F; S; Stellar; the bad
definition of a south-easter prevents certainty, but I think it is not a
star." His position (precessed to 1950.0): 00 54 55 -40 43.2. There is
nothing here, but just 30 arcmin south at 00 54 56 -41 13.8 is a galaxy that
agrees with Herschel's description, and was taken by ESO and RC3 as N324.
I1609 (chosen by RNGC) at 00 57 28 -40 36.1 is also a possibility, but there
is no easy digit error in the position that could account for Herschel's
position. Therefore, I'm pretty sure that there is simply a 30 arcmin error
in Herschel's position.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 324
Southern object (not observed).