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NGC1539
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:19:1.9
Declination: +26:49:39
Constellation: TAU
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, gbM
Sub-type: C
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 1539 may be CGCG 488-001, which is about 1 minute east and 4-5 arcmin
north of the NGC position, correctly copied from Marth's table. Marth has
only one observation of the object, and there is nothing near his position
that would match his description.
The CGCG galaxy is bright enough that Marth could have seen it, and the 1
minute/5 arcmin offset puts his position within his usual accuracy of the
galaxy, so I've retained it as a possible identification for the NGC entry.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1539
18" (12/10/07): faint, small, slightly elongated ~SW-NE, 0.4'x0.35', moderate concentration with a small brighter core. Appears a little brighter than the catalogued magnitude. Located ~ 4' W of a NNW-SSE string of three mag 12-13 stars with another mag 12 star 3' W enclosing the galaxy with this triangular asterism. The identification of NGC 1539 is uncertain.