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NGC 700

NGC 700, LEDA 6924, UGC 1336, ZW V 133, GC 423

RA: 01h 52m 16.85s
Dec: +36° 02′ 12″

Con: Andromeda
Ch: MSA:123, U2:92, SA:4

Ref: SIMBAD, Skiff20080430-M

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Type: galaxy (in cluster), S0

Mag: B=15.6, V=?

Size: 0.891′ x 0.275′
PA: 10°

History and Accurate Positions for the NGC/IC Objects (Corwin 2004)

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.

Published comments

Sulentic & Tifft (1973)

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.

Modern observations

Walter Scott Houston

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.

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