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NGC479

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:21:15.7
Declination: +3:51:46
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 479

17.5" (12/23/89): very faint, small, round, broad mild concentration.  Forms the east vertex of a near equilateral triangle with a mag 11 star 6.6' WSW and a mag 12 star 7' NW.  NGC 474 lies 30' SW.