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NGC688

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:50:44.1
Declination: +35:17:5
Constellation: TRI
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, r ?
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 688

17.5" (9/19/87): fairly faint, fairly small, oval NNW-SSE, weak concentration.  Forms a pair with UGC 1299 within in AGC 262.

13" (10/20/84): fairly faint, moderately large, diffuse, weak concentration.