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RA: 01h 52m 16.85s
Dec: +36° 02′ 12″
Con: Andromeda
Ch: MSA:123, U2:92, SA:4
Ref: SIMBAD, Skiff20080430-M
Type: galaxy (in cluster), S0
Mag: B=15.6, V=?
Size: 0.891′ x 0.275′
PA: 10°
NGC 700 is CGCG 522-030, not the larger but fainter CGCG 522-027. LdR has the object 8 arcmin southwest of the center of the NGC 705 group; CGCG 522-030 is 8.1 arcmin southwest, while -027 is 6.5 arcmin west-southwest. Since its surface brightness is higher than -027's, it is the more likely to have been seen.
This is indeed Steve Gottlieb's experience. He notes that while he could pick out -027 in his 17.5-inch reflector, only the nucleus was visible as a nearly stellar object, while -030 was clearly the more nebulous of the two.
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 15.5 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads E,R,BM,DIF S2'NPR.
Houston notes that this galaxy is one of a challenging cluster of galaxies in Andromeda. The grouping includes NGC 700, NGC 703, NGC 704, NGC 705, NGC 708, NGC 709, NGC 710, NGC 714 and NGC 717.
Lacaille's catalogue
The Messier objects
Dunlop's catalogue
The Bennett objects
The Caldwell list
Named DSOs
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