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NGC488

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:21:46.6
Declination: +5:15:21
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 10.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, L, R, svmbM, * 8 f 10'
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 488.  See NGC 486.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 488

17.5" (11/1/86): bright, large, very bright core, oval 4:3 ~N-S.  A mag 11 star is at the south edge just 1.6' SSE of center and a mag 10 star lies 3' SW.  Located 9' W of mag 8.3 SAO 109832.  In a group with NGC 490 8' NE, NGC 488 5.5' N and NGC 500 18' NE.