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NGC1497
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:2:6.8
Declination: +23:8:0
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, iR, mbM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1497
48" (10/31/13): moderately bright to fairly bright, moderately large, oval 3:2 SW-NE, 45"x30", contains a bright core. A mag 12.7 star is 1.1' SW of center. Brightest in a group with UGC 2927 6' WSW ("fairly faint, small, round, 24" diameter, very small bright nucleus. A mag 15 star is attached at the east side of the core") and UGC 2928 7.4' NW ("fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, 20" diameter").
17.5" (11/14/87): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, forms a triangle with two stars to the south. UGC 2927 lies 6' WSW. Located 15' E of ·479 = 7.0/7.9 at 7" and about 3.5¡ SE of the Pleiades.
13.1" (1/28/84): faint, small, roundish, slightly brighter middle, a pair of stars are just south.