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NGC546

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:25:12.6
Declination: -38:4:9
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eeF, S, R, vgbM, 3rd of 4
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 546.  See NGC 549.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 546

17.5" (11/1/97): extremely faint, very small, round, requires averted to view.  Located 1.5' N of brighter NGC 544.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.5' SE.