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NGC609

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:36:23.7
Declination: +64:32:12
Constellation: CAS
Visual Magnitude: 11.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: Cl, S, pRi, st 14 ..
Sub-type: II3r

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 609 24" (1/4/14): at 200x, ~15 faint to very faint stars sparkle over an unresolved background glow ~2.5' diameter. Two brighter mag 12/13 stars are detached, just off the southwest end. The cluster is 2.5' NW of MLB 187, a 5" pair of mag 9/9.5 stars. 13.1" (12/7/85): faint, fairly small, diffuse, about six very faint stars over unresolved haze. Located 10' SSW of mag 6.6 SAO 11875. 8" (1/1/84): not found.