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NGC493
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:22:9.2
Declination: +0:56:47
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, L, mE 60°, lbM
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 493
17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, fairly large, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, 3.5'x1.0', weakly concentrated.