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NGC589

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:32:39.9
Declination: -12:2:32
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, gbMN, * 10 sp 2'
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 589

17.5" (9/26/92): faint, very small, round, small brighter core, very faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is 2.3' SW.  In a trio with NGC 599 10' SSE and NGC 593.