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NGC525
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:24:52.8
Declination: +9:42:14
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, * 11ยท12 p 5s
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 525
18" (12/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, ~50"x40", symmetrical appearance and increases steadily to a brighter core and faint stellar nucleus. Member of the NGC 524 group. A mag 11 star lies 2' NW.
17.5" (10/17/87): faint, very small, slightly elongated, weak concentration. Located 2' SE of a mag 10.5 star in the NGC 524 group.
13" (8/24/84): faint, small, almost round.