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NGC491

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:21:20.2
Declination: -34:3:49
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: B, S, vlE, bM, vS * nr
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 491

17.5" (11/6/93): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 E-W, slightly brighter along major axis.  A mag 13.5 star is off the west edge 50" WSW of core.  ESO 352-041 lies 27' W.

8" (1/1/84): extremely faint, round, very small, threshold object.  A mag 13.5 star is off the west edge.