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NGC653

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 1:42:25.6
Declination: +35:38:19
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, pL, mE, lbM, sev F st inv
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 653 17.5" (12/23/89): fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on SSW-NNE, small bright core. A mag 12.5 star is 1.3' ESE.