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NGC588
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:32:45.7
Declination: +30:38:56
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: F, p of 2
Sub-type: GxyP
Steve's Notes
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NGC 588
18" (12/8/07): moderately bright M33 HII region, ~40"x30", well-defined outline. Situated at the western edge of M33 along the outer spiral arm that winds counterclockwise from the south to the west.
17.5" (7/5/86): extremely faint nebulosity in M33, requires averted vision to view. Located 14' W of the center of M33 and forms the western vertex of a very obtuse isosceles triangle with NGC 592 6' E and NGC 595. Nearly collinear with NGC 592 and the core of M33. This is a HII region and star cluster.
13.1": barely visible with averted. Almost collinear with NGC 592 and NGC 595.