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NGC1562

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 4:21:47.6
Declination: -15:45:19
Constellation: ERI
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, R, glbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 1562

17.5" (12/30/99): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very little concentration.  A mag 14.5 star is close W.  First of six in the NGC 1561 group (18' following).

17.5" (2/8/91): very faint, very small, round.  A mag 15.5 star is 1' W.  Located 20' W of the center of the NGC 1561 group.