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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

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NGC 648 = IC 146, which see.

Steve's Notes

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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.