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NGC518
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:24:17.7
Declination: +9:19:51
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, R
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 518
18" (12/3/05): faint or fairly faint, very elongated E-W, 1.0'x0.3', weak concentration with a slightly brighter core, irregular surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star lies 1' SW. Located 2.5' SW of a mag 10.5 star.
17.5" (10/17/87): faint, fairly small, very elongated ~E-W, weak concentration. A mag 14 star is off the SSW side 0.9' from center. Located 2.5' SW of a mag 10 star and 15' SSW of NGC 524 in a group.
13" (8/24/84): very faint, small, elongated ~E-W. A mag 10 star is NE.