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NGC669

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:47:16.0
Declination: +35:33:47
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, mE, gbM
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 669

17.5" (11/27/92): moderately bright, edge-on 4:1 SW-NE, bright bulging core, thin tapering extensions, fairly striking appearance.  A mag 13 star is just south of the SW tip 1.5' from the center.  Three mag 12 stars form a shallow obtuse triangle close north with the nearest star 1.8' NW.  Located at the SW edge of AGC 262 galaxy cluster.