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NGC561

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:28:18.7
Declination: +34:18:30
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, pL, R
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 561 17.5" (12/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, weak concentration. Located 15' ESE of mag 6.3 SAO 54705.