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NGC554
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:27:9.6
Declination: -22:43:32
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, E, 1st of 3, * 11 f
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 554
18" (12/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, irregular round, 40" diameter, weak concentration. Two mag 12 stars follow 1.8' E and 2.5' SE. Close pair with NGC 552 2.3' S. NGC 554 is a merged pair with the two nuclei separated by only 5"-6".
17.5" (11/6/93): faint, small, round. Forms the SW vertex of an equilateral triangle with a mag 13.2 star 1.8' NE and a mag 12.8 star 1.8' E. Forms a close pair with NGC 555 2' S.