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NGC1553
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 4:16:10.6
Declination: -55:46:46
Constellation: DOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: vB, pS, R, gmbM, am 3 st
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 1553
13.1" (2/19/04 - Costa Rica): very bright, oval, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 2.25'x1.0', very bright core, fairly high surface brightness halo. With averted vision the halo increases to nearly 3' in length. A mag 12 star is just west of the NNW tip and a slightly fainter star is off the SSE edge. Forms a bright pair with NGC 1549 12' NNW in the center of the Dorado Group. IC 2058 lies 17' SE.