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NGC684

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:50:14.1
Declination: +27:38:46
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vlE, * 13 f 100"
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 684 = IC 165, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 684

24" (12/28/13): fairly bright, beautiful edge-on 7:1 E-W, 1.8'x0.25', sharply concentrated with a very small, very bright core and a faint stellar nucleus.

17.5" (12/8/90): fairly faint, fairly small, edge-on 4:1 E-W, even concentration, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Located 32' NE of NGC 672 in a group.