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NGC615

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:35:5.7
Declination: -7:20:25
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 11.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, ilE, gbM, r, * 8 np 10'
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 615

17.5" (1/1/92): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 2'x1', evenly concentrated halo, very small bright core, bright stellar nucleus.  Located 5.4' ENE of mag 8.5 SAO 129385 but otherwise the immediate field is almost devoid of stars.

8" (11/28/81): faint, small.  Located 5' E of an 8th magnitude star.