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NGC558

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:27:16.1
Declination: -1:58:14
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, E, * 10 p
Sub-type: E5

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 558 is not equal to IC 117, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 558

17.5" (1/1/92): very faint, very small, very small bright core, faint stellar nucleus, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE in direction of a mag 12.5 star 1.3' WNW of core.  Member of AGC 194 with NGC 560 4' NNE.