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NGC550

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:26:42.4
Declination: +2:1:20
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, S, E 90°, bM, r
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 550

17.5" (1/1/92): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.5', bright core has a fairly high surface brightness, faint stellar nucleus, faint halo.  Located 9' SW of a mag 9.5 star.