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NGC701

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 1:51:3.8
Declination: -9:42:12
Constellation: CET
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, E, vgvlbM, r
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 701

13.1" (12/22/84): fairly bright, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, broadly concentrated halo, faint stellar nucleus suspected.  Forms a pair with IC 1738 5.4' S.  The smaller companion appeared faint, small, round.