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NGC486

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:21:43.0
Declination: +5:20:47
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 15.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stoney B.
Year of discovery: 1850
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, stell, 5' n of h 103
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 486, about 5 arcmin north-northwest of NGC 488, is a compact galaxy with a 
faint star superposed on its eastern side.  LdR's sketch is accurate, as are 
his offsets.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 486

17.5" (10/4/97): A stellar object was glimpsed a few times at my plotted position 5.5' N of NGC 488.  On the DSS the nearly stellar galaxy forms a close pair with a very faint star off the NE side.  It is possible that I glimpsed this star, which may be brighter than the galaxy.