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NGC472

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:20:28.9
Declination: +32:42:30
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, * 9, 10 p 14s, v diff
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 472

17.5" (12/23/89): faint, small, round, small bright core.  Located 3.5' SE of a mag 10 star.  IC 92 (generally misidentified as NGC 468) lies 10' WNW.