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NGC645

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:40:8.8
Declination: +5:43:34
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, mE
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 645

17.5" (12/18/89): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, slight broad concentration.  A line of three mag 9.5-10.5 stars aligned E-W are located just north including a mag 9.5 star 3' NW, a mag 10.5 star 2.2' N and a mag 10 star 4.7' ENE.