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NGC504
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:23:28.1
Declination: +33:12:14
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 504
24" (10/4/13): fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 SW-NE, ~40"x16", well-concentrated with a very bright elongated nucleus and faint extensions. Located 4' SW of NGC 507 in the core of the NGC 507 Group. IC 1687 is 4.7' NNW, NGC 508 5.2' NE, NGC 494 7' WSW.
13.1" (8/8/86): faint, small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, small bright core. First of three with NGC 507 4' NNE and NGC 508 5.3' NNE. Also NGC 494 lies 7.2' WSW.