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NGC553

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:27:3.0
Declination: +33:32:55
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vS, stellar, f of 2, ? RA
Sub-type: *2

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 553 may be CGCG 502-084.  However, Wolfgang believes that galaxy lies 
outside of WH's field in the sweep, and suggests instead that WH's object may 
be a single or double star.  See NGC 552 and NGC 537 for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 553

17.5" (12/9/01): extremely faint, very small, round, 15" diameter (viewed core only of this faint edge-on), requires averted.  A slightly brighter mag 15 star (possibly NGC 552) is 30" preceding.  Located 18' ESE of NGC 517, just following the NGC 507 Group.

This identification is very uncertain due to a poor position by William Herschel.