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NGC1546

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:14:36.7
Declination: -56:3:37
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 10.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, lE, gbMEN, ** p
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1546

13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.1'x0.5', even surface brightness except for a small brighter core.  Located 8' NE of mag 7.5 HD 27142.  A trio of 11-12th magnitude stars trail to the SW (nearest is HJ 3635 = 8.8/10.9 at 12" just 1.7' W).  Located in the Dorado Group ~25' SW of the NGC 1553/1549 pair.  NGC 1533 lies 40' W.