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NGC602
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:29:26.4
Declination: -73:33:26
Constellation: HYI
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: B, S, R, psbM * r
Sub-type: EN+OCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 602
18" (7/6/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, a knot of stars is embedded in a 3' fairly bright oval nebula (Henize N90). On closer inspection the knot of stars is offset to the SE side of the nebula. At 171x and UHC filter, the nebulosity is fairly bright and clearly locally brighter on the SE end around the knot with a weak dark rift running SW-NE separating the fainter portion of nebulosity to the NW. This nebulous cluster is an outlying member of the SMC.