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NGC524
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:24:47.8
Declination: +9:32:19
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 10.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vB, pL, mbM, 4 S st nr
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 524
18" (12/3/05): very bright, large, round, well concentrated with a bright core increasing to a very bright small nucleus. The halo extends to 2.0' or 2.5'. A mag 11 star lies 2.3' S of center. Brightest in a large group of 8 NGC galaxies and a few IC galaxies.
17.5" (10/17/87): very bright, fairly large, very bright core, large faint halo, bright stellar nucleus. A mag 11 star is 2.5' S. Brightest in the NGC 524 group including NGC 505, NGC 509, NGC 516, NGC 518, NGC 522, NGC 525, NGC 532.
13" (8/24/84): bright, small very bright core surrounded by fainter round halo.
8" (11/8/80): fairly faint, round, bright core. Located just north of a mag 10 star.