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NGC1488
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:0:4.7
Declination: +18:34:0
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Cooper
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 13.5
Observational
Summary description: * 12 inv in Neb (Auw 19)
Sub-type: *2
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1488 is a double star. Listed as a "Star 12 involved in nebulosity" in
the Markree Catalogue, it was picked up by Auwers for his 1862 list of new
nebulae appended to his reduction of WH's positions. Auwers adds a note which
reads, "Place from the Markree Catalogue. I've not looked for it myself."
The Markree position (03 57 12, +18 25.8; B1950.0) is very good and points
exactly at the double. The object (CGCG 466-003) suggested as N1488 in
several modern catalogues is far too faint to have been picked up by the
Markree observers. The position for the double in the main table is a mean of
the GSC positions for the individual stars.