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NGC648

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:38:39.8
Declination: -17:49:52
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, vlE, sbMN
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 648 = IC 146, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 648 17.5" (12/4/93): faint, slightly elongated, 0.8'x0.6', weak concentration. A bright uneven double star h2067 = 7.6/11.6 at 34" lies 10' ENE.