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NGC269

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 0:48:21.0
Declination: -73:31:54
Constellation: TUC
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: OCL

Steve's Notes

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NGC 269

18" (7/10/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.6' diameter, weak concentration but no core or resolution.  A 2.5' string of three stars follows by 2'-3' and a mag 11 star lies 3' SE.  Situated in a rich SMC star field 6' SE of NGC 265.