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NGC1558

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:20:15.7
Declination: -45:1:52
Constellation: CAE
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, E, gbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1558

24" (11/18/12 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, fairly large, elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 1.7'x0.6'.  Contains a large, brighter elongated core that gradually brightens somewhat to the center.  A mag 13.2 star lies 1.3' SSE of center.  Located 10' E of mag 7.7 HD 27805.  ESO 250-018, with a similar redshift, lies 8' ESE.  Viewed with 4.5 day moon up.