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NGC636
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:39:6.5
Declination: -7:30:44
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 11.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, vS, R, mbM, r
Sub-type: E3
Steve's Notes
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NGC 636
17.5" (9/26/92): fairly bright, fairly small, round, bright well-defined circular core, very small nucleus. The faint halo increases diameter to almost 2'. A mag 12 star is 3' ENE.
8" (11/28/81): faint, small, round, small bright core.