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NGC668

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:46:22.6
Declination: +36:27:36
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 668

17.5" (11/27/92): fairly faint, slightly elongated SW-NE, broadly concentrated halo, small bright core.  Located 2.5' W of a mag 10.5 star at the NW edge of AGC 262 galaxy cluster.