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NGC630
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:35:36.6
Declination: -39:21:28
Constellation: SCL
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 630
18" (10/25/08): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.6'x0.45, small bright core increases to the center, fairly high surface brightness. Forms a close pair with slightly fainter ESO 297-008 1.8' SW, which was surprisingly missed by John Herschel. NGC 626 lies 13.5' NNW. The companion is just over the constellation border into Phoenix and appeared faint or fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 SW-NE, 0.8'x0.6', low even surface brightness.