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NGC571

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:29:56.1
Declination: +32:30:3
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, * 13·14 sp
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 571

17.5" (12/23/89): extremely faint, small, round, very diffuse.  A close mag 14/15 double star is close west.  Located 5.6' SSW of mag 9.0 SAO 54740.  NGC 566 lies 15' SW.