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NGC551

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:27:40.6
Declination: +37:10:59
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, E, vglbM, * 13 nr
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 551. See IC 1707.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 551 17.5" (12/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NW-SE, even surface brightness. A mag 13 star is at the NW end 1.1' from center. A close mag 14.5 double is just following the SE end.