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NGC638
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:39:37.8
Declination: +7:14:14
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 638
17.5" (12/18/89): faint, small, oval 3:2 SSW-NNE, almost even surface brightness.