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NGC503

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:23:28.4
Declination: +33:19:56
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, eS, D * 4' sp
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 503 24" (10/4/13): fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated, 20"x15". Two mag 13.4/13.8 stars 0.6' SE and 1.1' SE are collinear with the galaxy. Located 4' NE of mag 7.6 HD 8347 and 5' NNW of NGC 507, in the central hub of the cluster. 17.5" (10/4/97): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter. Collinear with two mag 13.5 stars 0.6' SE and 1.0' SE. Located 4' NE of mag 7.5 SAO 54647 within the NGC 507 Group (NGC 507/508 in the field).