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NGC687
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:50:33.2
Declination: +36:22:15
Constellation: AND
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, stellar
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 687 is not IC 1737, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 687
17.5" (9/19/87): moderately bright, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. Member of AGC 262.
13.1" (9/22/84): moderately bright, small, round, bright core.
13.1" (12/11/82): fairly bright, small, round, bright core, ~1' diameter.