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NGC463

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:18:58.2
Declination: +16:19:31
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1871
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, lbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 463

17.5" (12/23/92): very faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, very small brighter core, extremely faint extensions.  NGC 473 lies 20' NE.