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NGC612

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:33:57.7
Declination: -36:29:35
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, * 12 p
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 612

17.5" (11/10/96): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, ~1.2'x0.8', weak concentration.  Located 1.0' following a mag 11 star.  First of three with NGC 619 11' E and NGC 623 14' E.