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NGC449

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:16:7.5
Declination: +33:5:20
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, vlbM, vF st inv
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 449. Mislabeled "NGC 447" in CGCG, this galaxy (Markarian 1) has had its incorrect name unfortunately carried over into several other catalogues. There is, however, no doubt as to the correct number as the NGC position (from a micrometric measurement by Stephan) is within a few arcsec of the GSC position. This is the first of three new "nebulae" in the area that Stephan found late in 1881 using the large refractor at Marseille. The other two are NGC 451 and NGC 453, both of which see for more information.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 449 17.5" (9/19/87): very faint, very small, round, bright core. Forms a close pair with NGC 451 1.9' SE. Located 2.9' SW of mag 6.0 SAO 54567. Incorrectly listed as NGC 447 in RNGC and IC 1661 in CGCG.