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NGC501

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:23:22.4
Declination: +33:26:1
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1856
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S (E in Birr diagr.)
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 501

24" (10/4/13): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, 20"x15", very small brighter nucleus.  Located 2.8' SE of NGC 499 and 1.8' SW of a mag 11.3 star in the NGC 507 Group.

17.5" (10/4/97): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Can just hold continually with averted vision once identified.  Located 2.8' SE of NGC 499 in a cluster.  A mag 10.5 star lies 1.8' NE.