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NGC538

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:25:26.1
Declination: -1:33:3
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, mE, F * n
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 538

17.5" (9/19/87): faint, very small, elongated SSW-NNE, weak concentration.  A mag 12 star is at the north edge 34" from center.  UGC 995 lies 3' NNW within AGC 194. 

13" (9/22/84): fairly faint, elongated SW-NE, star on NE tip.