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NGC640

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:39:24.9
Declination: -9:24:4
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, lE 170°, lbMN, * 10 s 4'
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 640

17.5" (10/29/94): very faint, small, round, 20" diameter, no concentration.  Collinear with a mag 11-12 double star (30" separation) located 6' NNE.  A mag 11.5 star lies 4.0' SSW of center.