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NGC500

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:22:39.3
Declination: +5:23:16
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, mbM, * 11 nf 1'
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 500

17.5" (12/23/92): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 1' NE.  Located 10' NE of a mag 8 star.  NGC 490 is 9' WSW and NGC 488 18' SW.