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NGC478

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:20:8.9
Declination: -22:22:41
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R, sbMN
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 478

17.5" (12/20/95): very faint, very small, round, 30" diameter, low even surface brightness.  Situated between two mag 13.5-14 stars ~1.5' S and a similar star 1.2' NNW.  ESO 476-G5 lies 30' SE (picked up first sweeping in the region).