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NGC459

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:18:8.2
Declination: +17:33:45
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 459

17.5" (8/16/93): extremely faint, very small, round, very low even surface brightness.  A mag 14 star is 1' SE.  Located 5' WSW of two mag 10/11.5 stars.