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NGC1552

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:20:17.6
Declination: -0:41:33
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, pS, lE, vgbM, * 11 sp
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1552

17.5" (2/1/92): fairly faint, faint extensions 3:2 WNW-ESE, even concentration to a small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 2.8' WSW.