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NGC676

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:48:57.2
Declination: +5:54:22
Constellation: PSC
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, E 161°, sbM * 9
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 676, a 13th magnitude edgewise S0, has a bright star superposed just a few
arcseconds south of the nucleus.  Its visual appearance is well-described in 
the NGC.

Its magnitude in CGCG, 10.5, is misleading, of course, applying more to the 
star than the galaxy.  The galaxy's total magnitude is around 12.5, but has 
not yet been measured accurately.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 676

17.5" (12/18/89): very unusual appearance as a mag 10 star (BD +5 244) is superimposed on the core!  Fairly faint, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, almost even surface brightness except for the bright star.  NGC 693 lies 26' NE.