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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
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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).