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NGC490

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:22:2.8
Declination: +5:22:4
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, 8' nf h 103
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 490.  See NGC 492.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 490

17.5" (11/1/86): very faint, small, round, bright core.  Located 8' NE of NGC 488.  Forms the northern vertex of an equilateral triangle with NGC 488 and mag 8.3 SAO 109832 8' SE.  Seeing conditions very poor.