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NGC530

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:24:41.7
Declination: -1:35:13
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, mE, F * sf
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 530 = IC 106, which see.  Also see IC 1696 which is a different galaxy.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 530

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NW-SE, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is at the SE end 0.9' from center.  Forms a pair with IC 1696 3' SE within AGC 194. 

13" (9/22/84): moderately bright, edge-on NW-SE, bright core.  A mag 12 star is off the SE end.