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NGC542

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:26:30.9
Declination: +34:40:34
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, diffic
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 542. See NGC 531.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 542 17.5" (8/31/86): faint, diffuse, slightly elongated. Located 2.6' SE of NGC 536 in the HCG 10 = NGC 529-536 group.