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NGC656

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:42:27.3
Declination: +26:8:36
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, r ?
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 656

17.5" (11/30/91): fairly faint, small, round, 1.0' diameter, bright core.  A mag 11 star is 1.5' NW.  Located 8' ESE of mag 9 SAO 74879.