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NGC591

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:33:31.1
Declination: +35:40:6
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Safford
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 18.5

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, lbM, B * sf
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 591

17.5" (12/23/89): faint, small, oval NW-SE, even surface brightness.  A mag 14.5 star is 0.8' N and a faint mag 15.5 star 1.5' WNW.  Located 6.6' NW of 7.3 SAO 54785.