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NGC515
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:24:38.7
Declination: +33:28:20
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, vS, R, np of 2
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 515. See NGC 537.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 515
24" (10/4/13): moderately bright, elongated 3:2 ~NW-SE, ~36"x24", fairly well concentrated with a bright core. A mag 15.7 star is superimposed on the NW side. Forms a pair with NGC 517 2.9' SE. Located on the east side of the NGC 507 Group.
13.1" (8/8/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, faint stellar nucleus. An extremely faint mag 16 star is suspected at the NW end (confirmed on the POSS). Forms a pair with NGC 517 3' SSE.