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NGC626

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:35:11.9
Declination: -39:8:46
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 626

18" (10/25/08): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, small bright core, very faint halo.  NGC 630/ESO 297-008 lies 13.5' SSE.