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NGC656
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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.