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NGC483
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:21:56.3
Declination: +33:31:14
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: S
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 483. See NGC 499.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 483
24" (10/4/13): fairly bright, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, high surface brightness, increases gradually to a small bright nucleus. The halo is slightly elongated with averted vision. Two mag 10.2/11 stars lie ~3' E. IC 1679 lies 3' SW (very faint, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 20"x14") and PGC 169764 ("extremely faint and small, round, 8" diameter") is just 1.2' SE. Member of the NGC 507 Group.
13.1" (8/8/86): faint, small, round, weak concentration. There is a string of three stars oriented SSW-NNE following including two mag 10 stars 2.6' ESE and 3' ENE and a mag 13 star 3.8' NE. Member of the NGC 499/507 group.