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NGC547
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:26:0.7
Declination: -1:20:42
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Stellar, f of D neb
Sub-type: E1
Steve's Notes
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NGC 547
48" (10/22/11): very bright, round, moderately large, 1' diameter, very bright core. The halo merges with NGC 545, which is in contact on the NW side.
17.5" (9/19/87): moderately bright, small, round, small bright core. Forms a contact pair with NGC 545 0.5' NW and the brightest (pair) in AGC 194. NGC 541 is 4.6' SW and NGC 543 lies 4.1' NW.
13" (9/22/84): moderately bright, round, bright core, in contact with NGC 545 very close NW.