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NGC424
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:11:27.6
Declination: -38:5:1
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, R, glbM
Sub-type: SB0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 424
17.5" (10/4/97): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.6', brighter core. NGC 438 lies 27' NE.