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NGC649

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:40:7.5
Declination: -9:16:18
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, E 0°, bM D * ?
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 649

17.5" (9/26/92): extremely faint, very small, round.  Located 3' SW of mag 8.8 SAO 129437, which hampers the observation.  Forms a pair with NGC 647 3.3' NW.