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NGC403
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:9:14.2
Declination: +32:45:6
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, cE, * 11 s 85"
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 403. See NGC 400.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 403
18" (11/18/06): fairly bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, ~1.3'x0.4', sharp concentration with a small, very bright core. The extensions are fairly low surface brightness but appear a bit asymmetric; possibly misaligned at slightly different angles or slightly different widths. A group of four stars nearly forming a trapezoid is close south. Located ~30' NE of the core of the NGC 383 group ("Pisces Group") and one of the brightest members of the cluster. MCG +05-03-071 lies 2' SE.
17.5" (12/23/89): moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, bright core, small bright nucleus. Four mag 10-13 stars are close south. Brightest of a trio with MCG +05-03-071 = CGCG 501-105 2' SE and NGC 399 8' SW.