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NGC689
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 1:49:51.5
Declination: -27:27:59
Constellation: FOR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 689
17.5" (11/6/93): very faint, small, round, broad concentration. A mag 14.5 star lies 1.5' SW.