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NGC532
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:25:17.1
Declination: +9:15:51
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, E 30°, bM
Sub-type: Sab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 532
18" (12/3/05): moderately bright, fairly large, elongated 7:2 SW-NE, ~2.0'x0.4', broad concentration, patchy appearance with an irregular surface brightness. Member of the NGC 524 group.
17.5" (10/17/87): fairly faint, fairly large, edge-on 3:1 or 4:1 SSW-NNE, broad concentration. Member of the NGC 524 group with NGC 518 15' W and NGC 524 18' NW.
13" (8/24/84): fairly faint, thin streak elongated SSW-NNE, slightly brighter core.